372 AN ESSAY OS THE 



the mountains of Crawicha, he flung his sworcl, 

 the very same wliich Attila, in the fifth century, 

 asserted he had found under a clod of earth. It 

 was placed in his tomb, where it is probably to be 

 found. 



In the Devi-Pura?i'a, it is declared, that Devi' 

 in her character of Jaya-devi', or goddess of vic- 

 tory, is worshipped in the dwipa of Crauncha, un- 

 der the emblem of a sword. 



The rest of the more \V'estern countries is ne- 

 glected by the compiler, as they are described in 

 other paragraphs, under the names, of dwipas or 

 countries of Placsha, Salmali, Crauncha Sdcam, and 

 Pushcara. He takes particular notice of a sing\ilar 

 region in Salmali, called the peak-land of the Gods. 



Hear now : in Dera-cufa, or peak-land of the 

 Gods, which is a mountain dividing, parting coun- 

 tries, or, in other words, a long and extensive 

 range, is this place where Garu'da, the son of 

 Vinata', was born; which is also 'his Dliama- 

 domiis home, on a broad peak of this great range, 

 with a beautiful palace. This country is one hun- 

 dred yojanas in circumference, or about four hun- 

 dred and ninety miles. There resides the numerous 

 offspring of Garu'da, in the shape of large birds, 

 and of men also swiftly flying, strong, ruling all 

 over the country, and full of pride. This is the 

 first mansion of the lord of birds, generous and 

 merciful, swift like the stormy wind, and who re- 

 sides in the dzvipa of Salmali. It is toward the 

 South on one of the peaks of this mountain, con- 

 spicuous, full of wealth, beautiful, seven in num- 

 ber, bright like the morning and evening skies, 

 with forts of silver, well embattled, adorned with 

 chaplets of houses made by the Gods^ forty yojanas 



