﻿AND THE DOCTRINES OF BHOODDHA. 5$ 



'*' two parts, under two diflcrcnt fiiapes; the Peacock, 

 '* and the Fowl: the former ferved Scan da Coo- 

 " MAURA to ride on ; the latter, as his ftandard ; hence 

 " thefc two birds are facrcd to him. At his return 

 " from the kingdoms of giants, Vikkngo., and other 

 *' Deities that accompanied Scan da Coomaura, in- 

 " treated him to halt on the fum'niit of a mountain, 

 " where they then placed a gemmed throne, o^n which 

 " he fat, and touched the ground with the fole of one 

 ^' of his divine feet, Haice that mountain became 

 " holy, bearing the name of Cadker Caumam, which 

 " literally fignities a mountain radiant in beaais aiid 

 ■" gems, then found in the fountain there." 



Having always conceived, from what 1 bad an 

 -opportunity of reading and hearing, that Bhooddha 

 was one of the nine Avataurams., and that, notwith" 

 Handing his having contradicted, in his doftrincs, 

 fome of the moft elfential points in the divine autho- 

 rities of the Hindoos, his praifes v/ere neverthelefs 

 fung by fome of the firft order of Brahmins; I ftood 

 forth in afferting his dignity to the perfons above- 

 mentioned; when I was informed, that he was not in- 

 cluded in the nine Avataurs. They were as follows : 

 Varanha, Naurasiin'ha, Coorma, Matsya, Vau- 



■MANA, PaRASOO-RAAMA, D ASARADH A-RAAMA, BaLA- 



RAAMA, and Krishna. The incarnation of Bhood- 

 dha, it was added, arofe in the following circum- 

 Itances: " In former ages there were three giants, 

 jiamed " Trepooras^ (fo entitled from their cities of 

 *' iron, brafs, and gold, which cities had wings, and 

 " were ambulatory,} who were votaries to Seva, and 

 " continued to adore his facred emblem, Lingum, fo 

 ^' that they v/ere invincible. They often opprelfed 

 "the Gods, who having befought Vishngo, he af- 

 *' fumed a form under the title of Bhooddha, who 

 " entering the cities, wrought miracles, and preached 

 ■'■' his feducing do61rine to the inhabitants^ who em- 



D 4 braced 



