456 On Egypt au r> the Nile; 



his mind fq intenfely on Qod,^ that his vital r foul feeriied concentrated in 

 the Brqbpi&rfdndklrfi, or pineal gland, while his animal faculties wereluf.- 

 pended, but hi.s : J}ody; ftijl uncorfuptetj, till the reflux of the fpuirk piitthero 

 again in motion; a ilate, in. which fhe -Hindus afTerf, that! fbm& Togis have 

 remained for years, and : the fanciful gradations, of which -are : minutely de- 

 fcribed in thcToga-sastra, and even, delineated, in >the figures called Shat- 

 chacra, under the emblems of lotos-flowers with different numbers of 

 petals, according to the fuppofed ftations of the foul in her my .(Heal ac- 

 cent. From this ^bj^ ^f D ^^{jf|& ^F^ft^ixfej fj^i& W fi&$ Mk&PC*!^' 

 fupreme being, Heridatta was- named Ltna's.u j a name, which the peo- 

 ple repeated with enthufiafrnj and he , became the guru, or fpiritual direc- 

 tor,, of the whole nation: he then gambled over the earth, finging and 

 dancing, like a manrin^a. phrenfy; but he fang no hymns, except thofe 

 which himfelf had compofedi and, hence it came, that all older hymns 

 were neglected,, while thofe of Lijna'su alone were committed to memory 

 from his lips, and acquired univerfal celebrity. Other particulars of his 

 life are mentioned in the Purdnas, where fragments of his poetry are, moft 

 probably, cited ; I have it©, doubts that he was the fame perfon with the 

 Linus of the Greeks ;. anfjl,, if his hymns can be recovered, they will be 

 curious at Ieaft,, if not irfilru^iye. Lina'su Was the eighth in defcent 

 from the fage BtyARAAWtA'jf a,, whona feme call the fon of Vrihaspati, 

 or the regent of Jupiter: he is faid to have married, at an advanced age, by 

 the fpecjal command of He Riband five of his f defendants are named in 

 ihe following pedigree ; v '■•.-•-..'- 



Bha-RAPwa'j.av •_ 'Mecbayandsy 



CarishayanaSy Li'na'su, or Ltnayands, 



Cshamydyandty Caundayands t 1 o. 



