SACRED ISLES IN THE WEST, &C. 1^ 



iNviLLE*, Aprlca-Dam, and Aparehgo-Daneh by 

 Captain Maho.vy. These denominations are San^ 

 scrit, Aparica-Dlidni the Western mansions, or 

 countries. Dhdni is a place of abode in Sanscrit: 

 in the language of Tibet, it is den, and signifies also 

 a country-}*; and the word den, in English, claims 

 the same original derivation. The Burmahs, say 

 Amaragoja, which is still a further corruption like 

 Apparehgo. The Eastern parts are called, in ^,eijlon, 

 P iircra-weedeseyeh from the Sanscrit Purva-deka, or 

 P urva-videha, or Videhasya in a derivative form, the 

 country o\Purva, or toward the Kast. In Ava they 

 say Pioppi-vide/ia, but it should be Proppi-videha; 

 for Mr. Buchanan, in his interesting account of the 

 learning and manners of the Burmahs, informs us, 

 that in that country they generally use the letter I 

 for R; thus in the Bengali dialect they s3.yPurob, and 

 Pob for the East. The North is called, by the Sinha- 

 las, Ootooroocooroo-Dewehinneh, according to Captain 

 Ma HON r, from the Sanscrit Uttara-curu, still used 

 to signify the Northern parts of the old continent. 

 The same is called Uncheugru by the Burmaks, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Buchanan ; but in the account of 

 P. Sangermano, lent to me by Captain Rom a in e, 

 it is Undeugru, .which seems to be but a corrup- 

 tion from Uttara-curu. The Southern parts are 

 called Jambu-dwipa in Ceylon, and Zubu-d'ib hs the 

 Burmahs. In the V^ayu Purdn'a, the Eastern part 

 of tlie old continent is equally called Purva-dzvipa as 

 in Ceylon and Ava, and the river Odus is called 

 Apara-gandicd, or Western Gan'dicd ; whence we 

 may safely conclude, tbat they said also Apara- 

 dzvipa for the W>st. Aparcyam and Aparaja are 

 regular derivative forms from Apara; and from them 

 is obviously derived Iberia, the ancient name of 



* Asiatic Researches, vol. VII. 



t Alpbab. Tihtt, p. 588, &c. 



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