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554 AN ESSAY OX THE 



petals tliey dwell with their consorts. There re- 

 sides above Brahma', God of Gods, with four 

 faces, tlie greatest of those, who know the Fedas, 

 the greatest of the great Gods, also of the inferior 

 ones. Tiiere is the court of Brahma', consisting 

 of the whole Earth, of all those who grant the oh 

 ject of our wishes: thousands of great Gods are in 

 this beautiful court ; there the BrahmarisJiis dwell ; 

 it is called by all the world Manovati. There in 

 the East is Indra for ever to l)e praised, the God 

 setting upon a tuiuina, resplendent like a thousand 

 suns. There the Gods and tribes of Rlshis are 

 always sitting in the presence of the four faced 

 God : t^iese the God niakes happy with his re- 

 splendence : there the Gods are singing praises to 

 hnn. There is the Lord of wealth, beautiful with 

 a thousand eyes, the destroyer of towns : the In- 

 dralocas enjoy all the wealth of the three worlds. 

 In the second interval, betv/een the East and the 

 South, is the great xlmana of Agni or fire, with a 

 great resplendence, variegated with a hundred 

 sorts of metals, resplendent; and from whopi 

 sprang the KtY/«5; there is his court; he does good 

 to all, and his name is Ji'van^i', in the mouth of 

 whom the sacred elements of the ]wma are put. 

 There hre An'ala, the greatest of Gods, is seen in 

 his proper form ; he who gives delight to all the 

 Gods. 



On the third side, in tliis very same manner, 

 know there is the great court of Vaivaswata- 

 Yama, called by mankind Su-Sanyama'. Thus 

 in the next or fourth, is the court SahJid of the 

 Eord of the corner, or country, of Naiflia: his 

 court is called Crisluu'uigaJia ; his name is V^iru'- 

 pacsha', icith a disagreeable coimfenance. On the 

 West, know that there is the court of Varun'a, 

 called 'Subhavati': Now toward tlie North, in 

 the North-JVcst, is the court of \^vyu', called 



