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UXELLODUNUM, a place which was the laft which 

 Csfar held in Gaul ; but its fituation has been much dif- 

 puted. Sanfon refers it to the territory of the Cadurci, or 

 Cahors ; others have fixed it at Cadenac, upon the confines 

 of Kouergue ; and others again at Luzeto, upon the Olt, but 

 below Cahors. But the pofition of UxcUodunum, and which 

 unites the greatelt number of fuffrages, is that of Pucach 

 d'lfTola. " Podium Uxelli" is the northern part of Querci, 

 towards the frontier of Limofin. 



UXELUM.atownof the Selgovae, placed both by Horf- 

 ley and Baxter at Caerlaveroch near Dumfries ; and this 

 opinion is the more probable, becaufe the two names, Uxelum 

 and Caerlaveroch, feem to be derived from Britifii words, 

 which fignify a town near the fea-coa(l. Carbantorium, 

 placed by Camden at Caerlaveroch, below Dumfries, was 

 probably fituated where Dumfries now ftands, or near it. 



UXENA, a town of Hifpania, in Bcctica. 



UXENTUM, a town of Italy, in the interior of MefTa- 

 pia, belonging to the Sulentini ; fituated S.W. of Hya- 

 runtum. Ptol. 



UXENTUS, a mountain of India, on this fide of the 

 Ganges. Ptol. 



UXIA, a town of Afia, in the Perfide, at a fmall dif- 

 tance from the fea. Ptol. 



UXII, a people of Afia, in the Elymaide. They inha- 

 bited a territory on the other fide of the town of Suze, be- 

 yond the Pafitigris, and on the confines of proper Perfide, 

 according to Quintus Curtius and Arrian. The river Pafi- 

 tigris had its fource in the mountains of the Uxians, ac- 

 cording to Diodorus Siculus. Thefe people were divided 

 into two nations : thofe who inhabited the plain were fubjcft 

 to the Perfians, and of thefe Diod. Sic. fpcaks (1. xvii. 

 c. 67. ) Thofe who inhabited the mountains before the Per- 

 fide maintained their liberty, and of tliem Strabo fpeaks 

 (1. XV.) This author calls the country of the Uxians by the 

 name of Uxia, and he fays that they were great robbers ; 

 and Pliny gives them the fame charafter. See Urii. 



UXlTiCO, in Geography, a town on the fouth coaft of 

 the ifiand of Rhodes. N. lat. 36° 9'. E. long. 27° 34'. 



UXOR, in the Language of the Chemijls, the mercury of 

 metals. Tiiis is the wife they fay, and fulphur is the huf- 

 band. See Maiutus. 



UXORIUM, in /InllquUy, a fine, or forfeit, paid by the 

 Romans for not marrying. 



UXUMI, or OosUMi, in Geography, a town of Japan, on 

 the ifland of Ximo. N. lat. 32°. E. long. 133°. 



UYA, a fmall ifland near the weft coaft of Shetland. N. 

 lat. 60° 43'. W. long. 1° 54'. 



VYAGRAYAHl, in Mythology, a name of the Hindoo 

 goddefs Parvati, confort of Siva. The name means tiger- 

 mounted ; this goddefs, like Cybele, being feen riding in a 

 car drawn by lions or tigers, and turret -crowned. 



VYAHRITIS, myftical words ufed by enthufiaftic Hin- 

 doos in their abftradled modes of worlhip called Ji2p, which 

 fee. Every thing ternary being myfterious with the Hin- 

 doos, the Vyahrilis are of courfe three ; viz. bhur, hhuvah, 

 fiuer, or earth, flcy, heaven. This triverbal phrafe is pro- 

 foundly myftical. 



VYAS A , in Biography, a perfonage of great celebrity and 

 fanClity in the hiftory of the Hindoos, as arranger or com- 

 piler of their facrcd books called the Veda. His real name 

 is fuppofcd to have been Dwapayana, or Krifhna Dwapay- 

 ana ; and his furname of Vyafa, or Divider, to have been 

 given him from his great work. An incarnation nt the god 

 Vifhnu is fometimcs mentioned as the arranger of the Hindoo 

 fcriplures in their prefent form. In the eiglitccntfi Purana, 

 called Sri-Bhagavata, twenty-two incarnations of Viflinu, 



there called Krifhna, the Prefervcr,are enumerated ; tl>c feven- 

 teenth is thus noticed : " As Vyafa he divided the Veda for 

 the inftruftion of mankind." See Krishna, Purana, and 

 Sni-BnACAVAT. But this probably means that he afted 

 under the influence of immediate infpiration ; an idea fully 

 concurred in by the numerous believers in the divine origin 

 of the Vedas. 



It is ufual with the Hindoos to afcribe to Vyafa the Pu- 

 ranas and Mahabarat, as well as the Vedas. (SccMaha- 

 BARAT and PuRANA':'''^ But it is not credible that the talent 

 and induftry of any human being, and we are not, in this in- 

 ftance, required to believe in any fuptrhuman aid, could cffeft 

 fo much. Nor, from internal evidence, is it poflible that 

 they could have originated in the fame age. 



To Vyafa is likewife afcribed a celebrated and popular 

 fyftem of philofophy, grounded wholly on the doftrines 

 of the Veda, and thence named Fedanta ; which fee. It 

 is written in a very dogmatical, fcntcntious ftile, and is 

 very obfcure. A commentary by the learned Sankaracharya 

 (fee his article) explains, however, in a very admirable man- 

 ner, almoll every fentence and difficult word. 



The doftrines of Vyafa were expounded and fupported 

 alfo by a difciple named Jaimini, who appears to have been 

 cotemporary with his matter. His fcliool is called Mi- 

 vianfa, which fee, and Jaimini. 



It is not neceffary to inquire into the time in wliich an 

 author flourilhed, who connefts himfelf with works ftated 

 to be thoufands of years old ; and on which confiderablc dif- 

 ferences of opinion exift among the beft informed. Nor is 

 it very profitable to inquire after the family of a perfon be- 

 lieved to have been an incarnation of a deity. It may, how- 

 ever, be noticed, that fome books mention a fon of V^yafa 

 named Sucha ; Parafara his father, grandfon of Vafifhta, is 

 mentioned in the Veda as an author of fome portions of the 

 work ; but this is explained to mean that he was one of the 

 Rifhis, or faints, to or through whom fucii portions were 

 revealed by Brahma. See Risiii and Vasishta. 



The encomiums on Vyafa fcattered through the poetical 

 works on all fubjefts, fince his embrace all throughout the 

 Eaft, are endlefs. See an inftance of this in our article 

 Tkiveni. 



UZAN, in /Indent Geography, a town of Africa Propria, 

 of the number of tliofe which Ptolemy places between the 

 river Bagradas and the river Tabraca. 



UZBEKS, or UsBEKs, in Geography, a tribe of Tar- 

 tars, who inhabit Kharafm, (which fee,) and Great Bu- 

 charia, and who, according to Abulgafi, confift of four 

 main (locks, of wliich the Naimanes and Igures are known 

 from the hiftory of Jengliis, Tchingis or Zingis khan. Thofe 

 two hordes formerly dwelt, the former on the wcftern fide 

 of the native territories of Tchingis, and the latter in Turfan. 

 Of their fetllement in Great Biicharia, and other circum- 

 ftances relating to them, we have already given an account 

 under that article. They are faid to have derived their 

 name from Uzbek, khan of Kipj^k- 



UZECIA, in ytncienl Geography, a town of Africa 

 Propria, S. of Adrumetum, and at a fmall Jift.ince fpora 

 Tliyfdriis. 



UZEDA, or UcKDA, in Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 New Caftile, on liio Xarama ; 30 miles N. of Madrid. 



UZEL, a town of Prance, in the department of the North 

 Coafts ; 6 miles N.N.VV. of Loiidiac. 



UZERCHE, a town of France, and princip:il place of a 

 diftrict, in the department of the Correze ; 1 ^ miles N. W. 

 of Tulle. N. lat. 45^ 35'. E. long. I "39'. 



UZE'S, a town of France, and principal place of a dif- 



trift, in the department of tlic Card. Before the Revolution, 



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