SACRED ISLES IN THE WEST, &C. 359 



North from ]\'Uru there falls a branch called Bha- 

 dra, and Bhadra-somd upon Supars'va of gold, wliich 

 it encircles; and goes to the lake called Sitodaca, \\\ 

 the forest of Bhudra-soma, thence to the mountains 

 of "Sancha-ciit'a^ Fi-is/ici Vatsa, KHa;Capinjaki, Inclra- 

 n'da, Mahd-nUa, Hemas'j'higa, 'Sxvetasringa, Sunnga, 

 to the mountain with an hundred peaks. FiisJi- 

 cara, Da'jja-raja, Varciha boar, Mayara peacock, 

 to the single peak Jdtudhi ; tlien after corro(iinc^ a 

 thousand inferior hills, it goes to the n^ountain 

 with three peaks, to Vishudd'ha ; then goes into 

 the Northern Ocean. Tiiis mountain of Vatsa is 

 said by astronomers to be in the same n:eridian 

 with Lanca, and as such is mentioned by several 

 Frtnch authors, as Bailli, Gentil, &c. 



Close to the Gcmdliamadana, along the banks of 

 the Apara-Gmidicd, or Western Gan'dica,- is the 

 country of Cetu-mdla, 34,000 Yojanas in length, 

 and 3^,000 broad. The Cefnmalas are mighty in 

 deeds, strong and powerful; the, women, bright 

 like the Lotos flower : and whoever sees them, falls 

 in love wdth them. There is the great tree Pmiasa, 

 the Ygdrcml of the Edda, from which flow the 

 sixth juices. There resides Is'wara, or Is'a, the 

 son of Brahma'. The proper name of this couii.- 

 try is Cetu, which has an obvious affinity with tlie 

 Cetiim of Scripture, a plural form, and in the sin- 

 gular number Ceti, and with tlie Cetil of prophane 

 authors. 



On the East, in Bhadrdsi'a or Cln'ua, is the 

 P itrva-Gon' died, 01 ILnsteru Gandicu: and the length 

 of its course is the same with that of the Apara, 

 or Western one. In the Vardha-pardn'a, it is said 

 that the course of the Ffirfa-Gandicd is 1000 Yo- 

 janas, but tliat of tlie A para or "Western, is on'v 



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