OV THE CABIRIAN DEITIES^ &C. €09 



As fhe is declared, in the facred books of -the Hin- 

 dus, to be the fame with Lacjhmi, her contort of 

 courfe is Vijhrm^ who rules, according to the pur anas, 

 in the weft, and alfo during the great eft part of the 

 night. In this fenfe Vijlinu is the Dis of the weftern 

 mythologifts, the black Jupiter of Statins ; for Vijhnu 

 is reprefented of a black, or dark azure complexion : 

 Pluto or Yama is but a form of Vijlinu. The titles of 

 Dis or Ades appear to me to be derived from 

 A'di or A'din, one of the names of Vijhnu* When 

 Cicero fays *, Terrena autem vis omnes atque natura i 

 Diti fatri dedicata ejl ; that is to fay, That nature, and 

 the powers or energy of the earthy are under the di- 

 rection of Dis, This has no relation to the judge of 

 departed fouls,, but folely belongs to Vijhnu. 



Axiocersos, or in Sanfcrit A'syotcerja, or A'syot- 

 cerjas, was Pluto or Dis, and was meant for Vijhnu. 

 Vijhnu is always reprefented- as extremely beauti- 

 ful ; but I never found A'syotcerja among any of his 

 titles : he is fometimes called Atcerja, a word of the 

 fame import* 



Cashmala' or Casilmala's is cbvioufly the Caf* 

 milus of the weftern mythologifts. The appellation 

 of Cabifi, as a title of thefe deities is unknown to 

 the Hindus ; and, I believe, by the Cabirian gods, 

 we are to underftand the gods worshipped by a 

 nation, a tribe or a fociety of men called Cahres* 

 The Cuveras or Curcras, as it is generally pro- 

 nounced are a tribe of inferior deities, poffelfed of 

 immenie riches, and who are acquainted with all 

 places under, or above ground, abounding with 

 precious metals and gems. Their hiftory in the 

 furanas, begins with the firft Menu, and no mention 

 is made in it of ^floods, at leaft my learned friends 

 tell me io. They are reprefented with jclla&i eyes. 



* Cid De Natyra D^crum. 



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