238 ON THE HINDU 



BuDHA, the son of Soma, the first of the Lunar 

 line, who began his reign about the beginning of 

 the Tretci of the first system, or 2204 years, B. C. 

 will, by the transfer, be placed at the distance of 

 2163102 years, before the Christian era; — ^Thirdly, 

 in the Tretd and Drvdpar of the first system, there 

 were (taken together) 1200 years, during which 

 about fifty princes in tlie Lunar line had reigned in 

 succession, but the Tretd and Dwdpar of the new 

 system contain 2160000 years, which divided 

 among fifty, give 43200 years to a reign ; — Fourthly, 

 BuDHA, the son of Soma, lived towards the close 

 of the fifth Manwantara of the second system, 

 which being transferred to the new, his name will 

 appear at two distinct periods of time, immensely 

 distant from each other, viz. in the fifth Manxvan- 

 tara, and again in the Tretd Vug, of the twenty- 

 eighth Mahd Vug, of the seventh Mamvantara, 

 being an interval, at the least, of 426816000 years; 

 — Fifthly, the mothers of the children of Yaya'ti 

 (see page 230) who lived in the sixth Mamvantara 

 of the second system, by being transferred to the 

 sixth Mamvanlara in the new, are thrown back 

 several millions of years before their children, and 

 Dacsha and Bhrigu, by the same transfer, are 

 thrown back, from their cotemporaries, many mi- 

 lions of years. Lastly, Swayambhuva, the Adam 

 of the Hindus, who, according to the second sys- 

 tem, lived 3878 years before Christ, is placed, 

 by the transfer, 1972947101 years before that 

 epoch. — These are a few of the inconsistencies in- 

 troduced by the adoption of the new system of 

 Brahma' Gupta, the rest may be easily conceived. 



To reconcile these different absurdities, it was 

 necessary to new model the whole of the Purdnas, 

 and to introduce such fictions and prophecies, as 

 seemed best calculated to answer the end in view ; 

 but which after all, only serve to shew, in a more 

 glaring manner, tlie folly of the attempt. 



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