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place, and daily reads the Yedas, obtains the full benefits of virtue ; but 

 wherever he may reside, he must restrain his passions, deal fairly, and love 

 Vishnu, whereby he will gain the advantages of living at Kurukshetra, 

 Nimkhar, and Prayaga. He who bathes at Svargadvara and Sahust Dhara, 

 and visits Dharma-hari, the Janmasthan, Cbakra-Tirtha, Brahma Kund, and 

 Binrnochan on the eleventh of every month, obtains salvation, and is 

 absolved of his sins. Ayodhya is an excellent place, and there is no other 

 equal to it. 



" Hear the names of other places than Ayodhya that also give salvation, 

 viz. Brahma's seven rivers : — the Son, Sindh, Hiran Naksh, Kokh, Lobita, 

 Ghaghra, and Satadru ; three Gramas : — Saligram, Sambhalagrama, and 

 Nandi-grama ; seven towns, w^.,Mathura, Haridwar, Kas'i, Kanchi, Ujjayini, 

 and Dvarka ; nine forests : — Dandak, Samdhaka, Jambu, Marg, Pushkara, 

 Utpalaranya, Nimkharan, Kurujangala, Himvan, and Urhad ; nine TJkhars 

 (waste lands) : — Eainuku, Shukur, Kas'i, Kal, Kalinjar, Mahakal, Kali, 

 Vat and Es var ; fourteen Gohiyas (concealed places) : — Kokh, Kubya 

 Arhud, Mankarm, Vat, Saligram, Shukar Dvarka, Mathura, Gay a, Nish_ 

 kriman, Haridvar, Lohargul, Svayam Pirbhas, Maluo, and Badri. Bathing 

 in the Ganges is necessary, frequenting the company of the virtuous, giving 

 cows, meditating on Hari, feeding the poor, and listening to the Puranas. 

 The Munis say that the company of the virtuous stands highest : it destroys 

 sins, and bestows wisdom and faith. The mere sight of Ayodhya confers 

 the same benefits as frequenting the company of the virtuous." 



This Mahatmya has no parallel. Whoever reads it or hears it, goes to 

 heaven. Every one should worship Brahmans and Vishnu, and give gold to 

 the former. Those who recite this Mahatmya should receive grain, clothes, 

 gold, cows, and money, which bless the giver in this world and in the world 

 to come. All kinds of devotion yield numerous benefits, when the devotee 

 pays Brahmans in proportion to his means. When listening to this Maha- 

 tmya, a man gains sons, wealth, knowledge and salvation, whatsoever he 

 wants, and is sure to go to heaven. 



Notes on Manipuri Grammar. — By G. H. DamajSTt, B. A., C. S., Gacliar. 



The grammar of the Manipuri language is practically unknown at 

 present, and the Europeans who have any acquaintance at all with it 

 might be counted on one's fingers. So far as I know, there is only one 

 book on the language, an English-Manipuri dictionary, printed at the 

 Baptist Mission Press in 1830, and this is now very scarce. The language 

 is to a certain extent a written one, and formerly had a character peculiar 

 to itself. Manuscripts in this character still exist, and it is even now used 



