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devotion to the felicity of the Divine Nature. The third 

 Upaveda was compofed by Vifzvamitra, on the fabrica- 

 tion and life of arms and implements handled in war 

 by the tribe of Cfiairiya's. Vi'swacarman revealed the 

 fourth in various treatifes on Jixty-J our mechanical arts, 

 for the improvement of fuch as exercife them. 



Six Angas, or bodies of learning, are alfo derived 

 from the fame fource : their names are, Sicjlid, Calpa, 

 Vydcarana, Ch'handas, Jyotith, and NiruEli. The firji 

 was written by Pdnini, an infpired faint, on the pronun- 

 ciation of vocal founds j the fecond contains a detail 

 of religious acts and ceremonies from the firit to the 

 laft ; and from the branches of thefe works a variety of 

 rules have been framed by Aswaldyana, and others. 

 The third, or the grammar, entitled Pdniniya; contort- 

 ing of £zVA£le£tures,or chapters, (Vriddhirddaij, and fo 

 forth,) was the production of the three Ri/hi's, or holy 

 men, and teaches the proper discriminations of words 

 in conftruftion ; but other lefs abftrufe grammars, com- 

 piled merely for popular ufe, are not confidered as 

 Anga's. The fourth, or profody, was taught by a Muni, 

 named Pingala, and treats of charms and incantations, 

 in verfes aptly framed, and variouily meafured; fuch as 

 the Gdyairi, and a thoufand others. Ajlronomy is the 

 Jifh of the Veddnga's, as it was delivered by Surya^ 

 and other divine perfons : it is necellary in calculations 

 of time. The jixth, or Nirutli, was compofed by 

 Ydfca, (ibis the manufcript ; but perhaps, it mould be 

 Vydfa 9 ) on the lignification of difficult words and 

 phi'afes in the Veda's, 



Lajlly, there are four Upchiga' s, caWed Pu?-ana, Nydya, 

 Mimdnfd, and Dherma sdjlra. Eighteen Pur ana's (that 

 of Brahma and the reft) were compofed by Vydfa for 

 the infhuction and entertainment of mankind in general. 



Nydya 



