358 AN ESSAY ON THE 



try ; and then it joins the Eastern Ocean near the 

 Purta-duupa, or Eastern island, called, in other 

 Puran'as, the island of Indra^ and of the rising 

 sun, as implied also in its piesent Chinese name of 

 Gepueri, or Japan. 



The Southern branch goes to Gandliamadana, 

 from hill to hill, from stone to stone; it encircles 

 the forest of Gand'hamadana, or Deva-nmidana, 

 M'here it is called Alacanandd. It goes to the 

 Northern lake, called Mdnasa, thence to the King 

 of mountains with tinee summits, thence to the 

 mountains of Calinga, Ruchaca, Nishad'ha, Jam- 

 rubha^ or copper mountains, ''Stcetodara, Sunnila, 

 another King of hills, Vamdlidra, Hemacut'a, Deva- 

 s'ringa, Fishdchaca, a gieat mountain, Panchd- 

 cut' a, or with five peaks; then to Cailas a, thence 

 to Himavat, or snowy range ; and then, this Ma- 

 lidbkdgd, or most propitious river, having watered 

 many countries, falls into the Southern Ocean. 

 Maha'deva received it on his own head, from 

 which, spreading all over his body, its waters are 

 become most efficacious. It falls then upon Hinuh 

 dm la, from which it gangs its way upon earth: 

 hence it is called Gangd. 



To the West, apara is a large river encircling the 

 io\Cit?> 0^ Vaihhrdju : \t\s> Mahd-bhdgd, most pro- 

 pitious : it falls into the lake Sitodd, called by Per- 

 sian authors Diva-Sdran : thence it goes to Xht Su~ 

 Bacsha mountains, and to the Purn'oda lake, or 

 the Caspian Sea, to the m.ountains called \SicI2i, 

 Canca Fakluri/a, Capita Gand'ha-rnddana, Pinjara, 

 Ciimuda Madliumunta, Anjana, Mucuta Crishna. 

 'Sxceta filled with large snakes, to the mountain 

 with 1000 peaks, to the P«ri/V^/6^ mountain, through 

 Cetumdla, a large countiy, then falls into the 

 Western Ocean. It is the Chacshu or O.vus. 



