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dorvikranienarjitam," literally, " the unrivalled kingdom the fortunate Ga- 

 dhipara(Kanoje,) was gained by the valour of his arm." 



5. Any holy spot; but more particularly places of pilgrimage situated on 

 the banks of the Ganges. 



i>. Benares, 



7. The river Kusi (Koosi) in Bahar; Satyavati, the sister ofVeswancha, 

 was married to Richika, a holy saint. Richika had prepared an oblation 

 which he had consecrated with mantras : when he went to bathe, Satyavati 

 gave part of it to her mother, and her mother in return gave her some food 

 she had prepared. Satyavati brought forth Jamadagni, but she herself was 

 transformed into the river Kausaki (Koosi,) 



8. The modern Fyzabad in Oude, 



9. The ceremony of being weighed with gold and then distributing the 

 amount amongst the Brahmanas was common to Hindu princes in former 

 days. The ceremony is termed Tuladan and His Highness the Raja of 

 Tanjore in 1821, was weighed in this way, and afterwards gave away the 

 amount in charity, at Benares. Mohammedan princes were also weighed 

 in the same way with all the paraphernalia of royalty on the Noroz. In 

 the Tozuk Jahangiri written by Jehangir himself is an account of his being 

 weighed. The Mohammedans however did not distribute the amount, as 

 the crown jewels always formed a portion of the valuables against which 

 they were weighed,, 



10. Sesha is the lord of serpents, the earth is upheld by resting on his 

 Ifroods. The Hindus suppose that all serpents have a jewel of inestimable 

 value in their crest which accounts for this forced description. 



