SACRED ISLES IN THE "WEST, &C. 335 



Mem, beginning in the West in fifty-two degrees 

 of latitude, or nearly so : being, as it is declared 

 in the Purdnas, in the shape of a Cow. 



To King Bharata, Maha'deva gave eight 

 sons and one daughter, called Ila, or Cumd?i, em- 

 phatically the Maiden. A new division of the 

 Earth took place according to some ; but the ge- 

 neral opinion is, that it was only a partial one. 

 Be this as it may, it appears that, out of the ten 

 divisions of the old continent, Bharata, included 

 nine ; Guru, in the North, being excepted and left 

 out. 



According to the Prahhcisa-c'han'da, the names 

 of these nine charidas or sections are, reckoning 

 from the East toward the West, Indra-divipa or 

 Gand'harva-chanda, Casern, Tamrapiirriah, Gab- 

 hasfimdn, Cnmdricd, (India), Nagd-dhaiida, SaumyOy 

 Varuna-chanda, and Gandliarva-chanda again. 

 In the Revd-c'han'da, their names are thus exhibit- 

 ed ; Gand'harva, Cdseru, Tamraparni, Gabhasti- 

 man, Cumdricd or India, Ndga, Saumya, Varmia, 

 Charidra-duipa. 



In the same section we find another variation ; 

 Gandliarva, Cdseru, Tamrapatra (erroneously for 

 Tamra-puriiah), Shilastica, Cumdricd (India), Bhd~ 

 ga-dw'ipa (probably for Ndga), Saumya, Varuna 

 and Chaiidra-dw'ipa. The first and the last divi- 

 sions are, in general, called Ghandliarva-c'haifda, 

 being supposed to be the abode of the Gods, with 

 their usual retinue of heavenly musicians. Through 

 the seven remaining divisions, seven rivers are said 

 to flow. They have a common source in the lake 

 from which issues the Ganges. To the East are, 

 the Naiini, flowing through Casern; the Pdva?ii, 

 through Tamrapurndh; Hlddini, through Gabhas- 



