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That is — " In the early part of the Tvtta Vug, 

 " the daughters of Dacsha were born ; of these 

 " daughters he gave twenty-seven to the Moon." 



Dacsha, in some respects, bears a strong re- 

 semblance to Atlas, who, according to heathen 

 mythology, was the father of the Pleiades and 

 Hyades, the Criticd and Rohini of Dacsha. At- 

 las is supposed by some to have been the son of 

 Asia, the daughter of Oceanus : — The Purdnas 

 make Dacsha the grandson of the daughter of 

 Oceanus. 



"We next proceed to the 7th Manwantara. 

 Among the names given in the Purdnas in this 

 period, we find those of Jamadagni, Bis'wa'mitra, 

 and Bharadwa JA, men who, according to the 

 Hindu history, lived towards the close of the T^re^^^ 

 Vug ; for Jamadogni was the father of Parasu- 

 ra'ma, and nephew of Bis'wa'mitra. Hence the 

 two systems agree in this point. 



The next period we come to is the Dzodpar Vug, 

 or brazen age of the first system. This period is 

 rendered famous in the Hi?ulu history, by the war 

 that took place towards the close of it, between 

 the sons of Dhritarasht'ra and those of Pa'ndu. 



Among the names of men we find mentioned in 

 Hindu history, as living in this period, are those 

 of Para'sara, Vya's his son, Garga, Ga'lava, 

 Aswattha'man, Causica, Di'ptima'n, Cripa, 

 Rishyas'ringa, &c. 



By reference to the table, this period corresponds 

 to the eighth Manwantara of the second system, 

 under which we accordingly look in the Purdnas, 

 and find, as might naturally be expected, among 



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