334 AN ESSAY ON THE 



or extremity) of the world. The first of them is 

 the W'hi^e Island, and the hist Swayamhhwva-dwipay 

 called Pushcara in the Purarias, 



Beyond this is the half of Pw^Acar^, the ^Swarn'a- 

 bhumt of the Pitrcuias^ which surrounds the world, 

 as Vv^ell as the mountain of Manasottara, called 

 Locdloca by the Pauran'ks. Beyond this circular 

 range is the other half o^ Pushcara: but as it is out 

 of the world, it is not included in their system of 

 geography. 



In the division of the old Continent into nine 

 parts by the Pauran'ics, Bharata is erroneously in- 

 troduced : it should he Nabaki. For Agnid'hra, 

 the son of Privavrata, the eldest son of Adima, 

 had nine sons; called Naba'hi, Ila'vratta, Cim- 

 purusha, Hari varsha, Cetuma'la, Bhadra's'va, 

 Raman'aca, Hiran'maya, and Curu. Thus we 

 read in Sa?7chor?iathon that Phos, Phur, or Phlox, 

 answering to Agni'dhra, begat sons of vast bulk, 

 whose names were given to the countries they in- 

 habited. 



Priyavrata had ten sons, as we have seen be- 

 fore; among whom was Agnid'hra. Three with- 

 drew into forests ; and the seven remaining were 

 appointed to rule over the seven great divisions of 

 the world, called the seven dxv'ipas. The great 

 grandson of Agnid'hra, called Bharata, gave 

 his name to the country South oi Himalaya^ which, 

 under that denomination, was originally confined 

 to India ; but it is now made to extend from sea to 

 sea, along the range of the Snowy mountains. This 

 we are told in general mtht Pur cinf as: but it is by 

 no means the case, as it will appear from the parti- 

 eularS; that Bhdi^ata, forms a semi-circle round 



