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tibjha&Bm A lion in' Scmforii, fo named ■from' Ms mane: Cefa and Ce far -a" 

 fignify hair. Ety mologifts will decide, wh ether 'Ceefanes ah-d'Css a r 

 had an affinity with thofe Indian words. 



Ahilya': The" celebrated confqrt of an. old Indian Sage Ti named Go'ta- 

 ma : hence it is the name of a rich Mahrdta lady, who employs her 

 wealth ijfi.-woSrks ^j^^^^^SifS^^^iM^lfe^s as w^ell as in 

 ■ her-ownxounfey,. .,, ; . ,_ ■ «>"id -• '■" 



Borax : A corruption of the Arabick word burak, or brilliant. It is found 



- M nfil . •: ■! D3J [! O: 13V3 8£W teflS , '. ■■ i M I 



in its native ftate both in Tibet according to Giorgi, and in Nepal 

 according to Father Giuseppe. 



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Cusha : Pronounced more correctly €uht<vni\\ a palatal \s; a grafs held 

 facred by the Brdbmens from time immemorial : it is the Poa Cyno- 

 furo'ides of Dr. Koenig. 



Beli :. The Bel us, probably, of the Greeks ; for though bal fignify lord, in 

 moCt eaflem dialect *, yet in Cbaldaich, according to Selden, it was 

 written Bel, exactly as the name of the Hindu monarch is vulgarly 

 pronounced. 



Cho'rapushpi : Or Thief -flowered ; the corymbed Scirpus with awled. 

 fpikes, fo troublefome in our Indian walks. 



Campilla: Commonly called Camald-guri, a plant ufed by dyers, of 

 a new genus ; defcribed by Dr. Roxburgh. 



Bahmek: An old Perfian month and the Genius prefiding over it; the 

 name alio of a celebrated king and hero. 



