1834.] in the work of Native Education. 519 



Verse 36th. Lanka is situated in the middle of this globe ; Yamkothi is situ- 

 ated to the east of it ; to the west is Rome or Romaka Patan ; the city of Sid- 

 dhapur is on the opposite side of the globe to that of Lanka. Sumeru is situated 

 to the north, on the North Pole, and Baravanala to the south, at the South Pole. 



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 ■srefw *rrT ^tfa^w %r^ ^ w ^x^v- ^| tut: i| 3^11 



Verse 37th. These six places are situated at a distance of one-fourth part of 

 the earth's circumference, each from its adjoining one ; so say those who are 

 acquainted with the globe. At Merii the various classes of the gods and pure 

 spirits have their abodes : at Baravanala, at the South Pole, are situated the re- 

 sidences of all the evil spirits. 



Verse 38th. A man, on whatever part of the globe he is placed, thinks the 

 earth to be under bis feet, and that he is standing upright upon it ; men placed 

 at the distance of 90 degrees, or one-fourth of the earth's circumference, from 

 each other, fancy each other to be standing as it were at right angles to each other. 



Verse 39th. Those who are placed at the distance of half the earth's circum- 

 ference from each other, are antipodes each to the other, and fancy each that the 

 others have their heads turned into directions exactly opposite, in exactly the same 

 way, as a m&n beholding his shadow on the bank of a river. 



But neither do those who are standing at right angles to each other, nor those 

 with their heads turned into directions opposite to each other, feel any difficulty 

 in maintaining their several positions. They stand as perfectly at ease in their 

 respective positions, as we do here. 



[We have had much pleasure in giving insertion to the above article, in the 

 sentiments of which we entirely concur. While we endeavour to push our own 

 systems of instruction and science in this country, we are too apt to spurn and 

 decry the literature, the science, and even the languages of the east, as if they were 

 not only incapable of imparting the smallest particle of knowledge, virtue or truth, 

 but incapable also of improvement by engrafting upon them the new growth of 

 western knowledge, which has sprung ahead of the Asiatic and elder stock only 

 within the last century or two. Were the moralist to follow Mr. Wilkinson's 

 example, he could doubtless produce from the mental philosophy of the Hindus 

 parallel maxims for most of those in our own moral code : — the selection of these ; 

 — their separation from the dross of the ancient schools ; — and their presentation 

 to pupils in this form, would doubtless work the same wonders in moral educa- 

 tion, as has the Siddhanta system in the astronomical classes of Mr. Wilkinson. 

 We trust this gentleman, evidently qualified by taste as by ability for the task, will 

 favor the English reader with a full trauslation of the Siromani. The astronomical 

 formulae of the Siddhanta have been fully made known to us, but not the argu- 

 ments and reflections with which they are accompanied. — Ed.] 



