1S75.] J. Beames — TJ/e Alti Rills in Guttaclc. 19 



Considering, however, the primary signification of go (bull or cow), the 

 etymology propounded in Vishnu Purana (Book V., Chap. XII.) is more 

 satisfactory. " I have now come by desire of cattle, grateful for their pre- 

 servation, in order to install you as Upendra ; and, as the Indra of the 

 cows, thou shalt be called Govinda."* Even if we were to take the word 

 only in the sense of a cow-herd, f it would be meaningless when applied to 

 Vishnu independently of Krishna. 



Damodwra. Kshirasicami derives it thus: ^T*r ^^T ^?T ^"nfr^s 

 ^T# f% TTqW^TWT siirrswfr I. The story is to be found in the Yishnu 

 Purana, Book V, Chap. V. "It is hence that Krishna is called Damodara, 

 from the binding of the rope (dama) round his belly (udara)4 There is 

 another§ etymology which ascribes this name to Krishna's taking a large 

 quantity of food. Whichever of these derivations be preferred, the term 

 can apply only to Krishna. 



From an attentive consideration of the facts and authorities here 

 adduced, we cannot resist the conviction that in Varahamihira's time 

 Krishna had been identified with Vishnu. I hope an attentive perusal of 

 the other works of the same author will confirm this opinion. 



The Alti Sills in Cuttack. — By John Beames, B. C. S., Magistrate of 



Guttaclc. 



("With four plates.) 



These hills are a perfect mine of archaeology, and one which has not 

 yet been thoroughly explored. An article on them appeared in Vol. 

 XXXIX, of the Society's Journal (for 1870, p. 158), by Babu Chandra 

 Sekhar Banerjea, then Deputy Magistrate of the Jajpur Subdivision, but 

 his article is not intended to be exhaustive. It gives a very accurate and 

 interesting general account of the hills and their treasures, but the learned 

 author expressly states that his article is not to be considered as more than 

 an outline of the subject. My attention was drawn to these hills by the 

 article in question, and I had been for some time anxious to visit them. 

 This cold weather my official duties fortunately admitted of my taking my 

 camp close to them, and I am thus enabled to supply a further instalment 

 of information. 



* Wilson's Vishnu Purana, p. 528 and note. 



f Huir's Original Sanskrit Texts, First Edition, Part IV, pp. 183, 206 note. 



% Wilson's Vishnu Purana, p. 509. 



§ Muii's Original Sanskrit Texts, Part IV, p. 175. 



