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name, wlio is worshipped there, and who resides ia 

 the Vimlhya, or Bind mountains, as implied by her 

 name. The common title of this tremendous deity, 

 is Biiadra-ca'li', or the beautiful Ca'li' ; though 

 she by no means deserves that epithet. This place 

 is supposed to communicate with the oth^r Sagala or 

 3lG7ighir, through subtermneous passages, opened 

 by lightning; which sunk underground at Virurhyu- 

 fdsiniy and re-appearcd at Monghir, at a place dedi- 

 cated also to the same l)tm^ though little frequented. 

 This accounts for these two places having the same 

 name in Ptolemy ; tliough tliese names are now en- 

 tirely unknown to the Hindus. But Bhauua-Ca'li*, 

 and Su-Ca'li' are perfectly synonymous : the latter, 

 however, is seldom used as an epithet of that d^ity, 

 except when persons, either male, or feipale, are 

 denominated after her; then they never use Bhadra- 

 Ca'li', but they say Su-Ca'li'. Afi?'zapoor is some- 

 times called the St him, or place of Bhadra-Ca'lt^ 

 which appellation is distorted into Fatrigally, in the 

 voliuninous treatise of the icligious ceremonies of 

 different nations. 



The other Sagala, or Monghir, is called MudgaU^ 

 in Sanscrit, as I am told, in a derivative form from 

 Miidga, its name in the imperial grant found there ; 

 for Mudga-giri signifies the hill of Mudga. In the 

 Dcccan, V-xole^iy mentions two places, nearly at the 

 same distance from each other, one called Fetirgala, 

 and the other Modogulla. MadigJiir, or rather Mo^ 

 du'gir, is a very common name for places in the 

 Peninsula, and also in otlier parts of India; as Ma- 

 dugar, near Jaypcwr ; Mai gar, near Co^^«, &c. The 

 first part of this compound is found, in composition, 

 with pura city, giri hill, gi^iha fort, vana, or h/m fo- 

 rest, &c. thus we have Modu-pura, Mpdugiri, Modti- 

 gfiir, Modu-vana, or Modu-han, &c. That Mongliir 

 was called Mudga-giri, Mudgala, and Sagala, is 

 certain ; and that JMlrzapoor was denominated 



