SOD OBSERVATIONS ON" 



the philosophers of the Celts ; the Magi of the Per- 

 sians ; the Gymnosophists of the Indians : and pro- 

 ceeds thus. — They are of two kinds, some called 

 Sarmanes, other Brachmanes. Among the Sarmanes, 

 those called Allobii*, neither inhabit towns, nor 

 have houses ; they are clad with the bark of trees, 

 and eat acorns, and drink water with their hands. 

 They know not marriage, nor procreation of chil- 

 dren ; like those now called Encratetai (chaste). 

 There are likewise, among the Indians, persons obey- 

 ing the precepts of Butta, whom they worship as a 

 god, on account of his extreme venerableness f .' 



Here, to my apprehension, the followers of Bud- 

 d'ha are clearly distinguished from the Brachmanes 

 and Sarmanes^. The latter, called Germanes, by 

 Strabo, and Samanceans, by Porphyrius, are the 

 ascetics of a different religion ; and may have be- 

 longed to the sect of Jin a, or to another. The 

 Brachmanes are apparently those, who are described 

 by Philostratus and Hierocles, as worshipping 

 the sun ; and, by Strabo and by Arrian, as per- 

 forming sacrifices for the common benefit of the na- 

 tion, as well as for individuals. The religion, which 

 they practised, was so far conformable with the pre- 

 cepts of the Fedas: and their doctrine and observ- 

 ances, their manners and opinions, as noticed by the 

 authors above cited, agree with no other religious 

 institutions known in Jndia^ but the orthodox sect. 



* Same with the Hylobii of Strabo. C. 



xaT^u^Evot. xa» Tuv "Zx^fActvuv oi AX^o/3tot •Trooirayoaivoi/i.iiiot, a?e •nroXm; olKUaHf 

 are rtya? tx^ao-iv, ^ev^fuv J« ayi.^iivyvvron (pAoJOK, xa» ajtpojpfa ani\ira.i, 

 KCti vouf T«r? j(;Epir» ir'ivuffit' a ya/xoy, a 'jrut^ovoifav 'lacKTU, uainf ol vvv 

 'EytifetT7jl»i y.aX>i[A,t»Qi. Iio-t 5'e tuv li/^uv o» roT(; BfaVIa •rrii^ojx.iyoi Trufccy- 

 fe>.[jLut7ni' ov ol v'TTffQo?'.-/)!/ aijjLvorm^ Ij? Gilv rinn^yinaat. Strom, lib. 1. 



X The passage has been interpreted differently ; as if Clem ens said, 

 that the Allobii were those who worshipped BuTTA* (See MoRERI 

 Art, Sammankns.) The text is ambiguous. 



