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ward.* " Meditate," said they, " as directed, till we come again." Hav- 

 ing thus spoken, the divinely wise Munis departed. At once I did as 

 I had been bidden by them. "With concentrated mind I meditated, 

 and lost all consciousness of things external. Above me, rigid in 

 figure, and detached from all commerce with the world, there arose, 

 after a long lapse of time, thus employed, an ant-hill. Subsequently, 

 at the close of thousands of cycles, the Rishis returned. " Come 

 out," said they to me; and immediately, on hearing this command, 

 I stood up. And I emerged from the ant-hill, like the sun from the 

 mist of morning. \ The band of Munis then addressed me : " Great 

 Muni, be thy name Valmiki ; for thy egress from the white-ant hill 

 (Valmika) has been to thee a second birth." Thus speaking, O 

 most eminent of the race of Eaghu, they proceeded on the road to 

 heaven. J 



This narrative is to be found at S'l. 64 — 86 of the sixth chapter 

 of the second book, called Ayodhyd-Jcdnda, of the Adhyatma-rdmdyana. 

 The Adhyatma-rdmdyana is said, by Nages'a Bhatta, in his commen- 

 tary on it, to, be a portion of the Brahmdnda-purdna. This annotater 

 further states, in opposition to the general opinion, that the Yalmfki 

 here spoken of is not the author of the Kamayana, but a descendant 

 of Prachetas, 



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Mr. Hodgson still prosecutes at Darjiling the philological research- 

 es which had reached so interesting a point on his departure for 

 England, towards the close of 1852. Pending the receipt of a 

 full communication which may shortly be expected from him, the 

 following extracts from his recent letters will show the result 

 of his investigations; "results not only decisive," says Mr. H., 

 " of the widest assigned scope of Tartar affinities, but also of high 

 moment in illustration of the science of language in general. 



* The Rishis considering him unworthy to repeat the name of Rama in its ordi- 

 nary form. 



f During the Indian winter. 



% This passage is alluded to by Prof. Wilson, in his Hindu Theatre, "Vol. I. 

 p. 313, foot-note: 2nd Ed. 



