316 observation's on 



3 Me'raca, 4 Mad'hu, 5 Nisumbha, 6 Bali, 7 

 PuAHLADA. 8 The king of Lanca (PvA'van'a). 9 

 The king oi JSIagadlia (Jara'sand'ha). 



It is observed, that, .with the Jinas, these com- 

 plete the number of sixty-three eminent personages, 

 viz. 24 Jinas, 1 2 Cliacravartis, 9 V^amdtvas, 9 Bala- 

 devas, and 9 Prativasudcvas. 



It appears, from the information procured by j\Ia- 

 JOR ]\Iackexzie, that all these appertain to the he- 

 roic history of the Jaind writers. Most of them are 

 also well known to the orthodox Hindus : and are 

 the principal personages in the Picrdnas, 



He'machandra subsequently notices many names 

 of princes, familiar to the Hindus of other sects. 

 He begins with Prit'hu son of Vena, whom he 

 terms the first king : and goes on to Ma'nd'ha'ta', 

 Harjs'chandra ; Bharata sonof Dushyanta, &c. 

 Towards the end of his enumeration of conspicuous 

 pr'iices, he mentions Carn'a, king of Champa and 

 Anga; Ha'la or Sa'lava'hana; and Cuma'rapa'la, 

 sui named Chaulucy.a, a royal saint, who seems, 

 from the title of Paramarhata, to have been a Jaiiia, 

 and apparently the only one in that enumeration. 



In a subsequent part of the same chapter, He'ma- 

 eiiANDRA, (who was himself a theologian of his sect, 

 and author of hymns to Jina *,) mentions and dis- 

 criminates the various sects; viz. 1st, A'rhatas, or 

 Jainas. Sndly, Saugatas, or Bauddlias, and, .'^dly, 

 six philosophiical scliools, viz. 1st. Naiyayica ; 2d. 

 Yoga; 3d. Ca vilas SSichya ; 4th. Vaishluca; 5th. 



* A rommoritary on these liytnns is dated in Saca 1214. (A. D. 

 1392); but how much earlier He'machanbba lived, is not yet 

 ^cert^ued. 



