vrcaA:\iADiTYA and salivahana. 143 



son of the m;in with the countenance of an ass. He 

 is called in the list Gandha-pa. la, or fostered by 

 an ass. This prince is omitted in several copies from 

 the west; and between GAxonA-PA'LA and Vicua- 

 MA'DiTYA, or VicuAMA-PA'LA, as hc is callcd ill 

 these copies, there intervenes u king called Sa'dat- 

 PA'LA. This VicHAiM ADiTYA had two sons, one 

 called TiLACA-ciiANDRA, who reigned only two 

 years, and was succeeded by his eldest brother, Vr- 



CRAMA-Sr/NTA, Or ViCRAMA'DITY A ; and this TlLACA- 



CHANDiiA appears in the cliaracter of BiiaiituI- 



JIARI. 



The next period is that of Maha'bhat'-Sri'man'- 

 JNIaha'ra'ja', or Muhammed the blessed, or fortu- 

 nate, the great commander of the faithJuL In various 

 copies he is called Maha'bua't't'a'kaca, and Maiia- 

 bhatVa'rica. In Mr. Hartxcton's list, the epi- 

 thet of Paras'u, answering to Seifullah in Arabic, 

 or the sword of God, is prefixed to his name. In all 

 the copies from the west of India, he is called Maiia- 

 PrexMa, for Maha-Prama'ra, the great destroyer; 

 and to the names of his four confidential associates, 

 the epithet of Prema, or Prema'ra, is also added. 

 Instead of Prema, we should read Prama'ra, or 

 Parfma'Ra, the destroyer; for, in the 'Sairujaija- 

 Mahatmya^ a favourite tract of the Jalnas, lie and 

 his friends are called the Pancua-ma'kas, or the 

 five destroyers. It is said there, that Jina, in his 

 last incarnation, as Gautama in the shape of a 

 white elephant, and therefore denominated 'Sri- 

 Hastf-s'ena, having obtained eternal bliss, then, 

 three years, eight nionths, and fifteen days after this 

 event, there would appear 'Sacra-Pancha-IM'ara, 

 who would put an end to all Dharma, or religion *. 



* 'Sacru, or Ibe mighty chief. 



