1Q6 origin and decline, &c. , 



Apostle, even as low as the times of M» Polo in the 

 13th century. From Abaryyam, the Pauranks pro- 

 bably made A-Brahma, in order to shew their con- 

 tempt of them, but more particularly in the latter 

 times, when they grew v/orse and worse ; and M. 

 Polo speaks of some of the Abraia?fi, or Abramiam, 

 nearly in the same terms. Yet in his time the deno- 

 mination of Avariiam, in Sanscrit Avciryyam^ and 

 Abaryyam, was applied to them ; and he was told 

 that it signified good and pious men. 



I had, for a long time past, particularly inquired 

 from the Baudd'has whether they knew any thing of 

 the wars of Budd'ha with Tevetat;* but I was 

 always answered in the negative. It was my fault 

 in some measure ; I did not make use of the other 

 synonymous names of that enemy of the religion of 

 Budd'ha. I mentioned before, that I supposed that 

 Tevetat was a corruption from De'va-Tashta, sy- 

 nonymous with De'va-Twashta', or De'va-Silpi, 

 the divine artist, or carpenter, who is more generally 

 known under the name of Visva-carma, or the 

 universal artist. Under this last appellation, Te've- 

 ta't is known to them. Soon after a learned Jati 

 presented me with a book called the Budd'ha-cha- 

 ritra^ with leave to take a copy, in which the 

 wars of Budd'ha, with Vis'va-carma, or De'va- 

 Twasht'a', are related. It is a most voluminous 

 work, and still it is incomplete, and the seat of war 

 was in India, 



* In the Lalita vistara purdna, which was brought by Major 

 Knox from Acp6l, the name of Budd 'ha's kinsman and rival is 

 De'vadatta (answering to Deodatus). It is probable, that La- 

 loubere's Tevetat is a corruption of the name of De'vadatta. 

 H. T. C. 



