SACKED ISLES IN THE WEST, &C. 267 



To the East of this lord of mountains is Citmula, 

 a peak, with eight towns of the proud Dcinavas. 

 In the mountains -of ?%>^c^, with many peaks, 

 live Racshasas, frightful, assuming whatever coun- 

 tenance tliey please, strong, and performing won- 

 derful achievements : these Racshasas are called 

 NUacas. 



In Mahci'NUa, or the great blue range, are fif- 

 teen towns belonging to the Hayanana, or Js'va- 

 initcha, or horse-faced tribe, probably the Far- 

 thians, and the descendants of 7br^>-<2*?/Tt', who bred 

 horses, and carried them to the principal fairs in 

 the East. In Sanscrit, Turangama, perhaps the 

 same with Thorgama, for thus Tlwgarma is also 

 Avritten, signifies a lioise, and implicitly a horse- 

 man : and the Hindus derive from it the appella- 

 tion of Turcoman. They are originally Cinnaras, 

 courageous like the leader of the armies of the 

 Gods; Ca'rtice'va, with large hands, and strong 

 like the Indrudicas. There are fifteen chiefs of the 

 Cinnaras, elated with pride. Therein towns, under 

 ground, Wkt Baninjan, live people like snakes ; no 

 man can look them in the face, and meet their eyes: 

 their looks are like lire, like tue poison of serpents. 

 These live upon the golden stamina of certain 

 flowers. In tiie hills there are above a thousand 

 abodes of Da'itijas: the houses are elegant, like 

 hi o'h-em battled forts. 



In Ven'ii-manta, or Vcu'uman, are three forts be- 

 longing to the yidy ad' haras, thirty yoja-nas long, 

 and twentv-five broad. These belono; to the Ulu- 

 cas, the RomasJtas, or Romacas, and the Afahd- 

 7ietras. These rank among the greatest of the 

 Vidyddliaras, and whose mighty deeds equal tiiose 

 of IxDRA. The country of Vmmnanta is one hun- 

 dred and forty miles long, and about si::tv brcud : 

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