﻿56 ON SINGHALA, OR CEYLON, &C. 



" braced his religion, and became in every refpefl: 

 " his profelytes. By this ftratagem the Trepooras fell 

 " into the hands of Bhooddha, and were deftroyed 

 '^ by Seva. (Thefe particulars are faid to be con- 

 " tained in Scanda poorauna.) Hence Bhooddha is 

 " confidered as the promulgator of an heterodox re- 

 " ligion. The adherents to Bhooddha are looked 

 " upon as infidels; and their religion, though com- 

 " mendable with refped to morality, yet is reckoned 

 '' as one of the 339 fetts, or branches, of the well- 

 " known herefy, orrather fchifmjamong the Hindoos." 



