SACREET mms IN TMM WEST. |7 



In the 'Sdntiparva, one of tl}e grestjii^'diwm&ns'of' thi^^- Mdhd^'Bh 

 se^ioniof the.. Mdcsha-d'harma^, N'arada 'is- introduced saykgto'-to'R^'^ 

 •»AN'Ar ^^ Thou J who'V¥:ert incarnate through thy :o^wft power , -mow 'per fotiif 

 '* that, for which thou Vv^ert bom. I a^n going'tb-s^^thy ^Jd'hyaih,o^ 

 "■ first and' original form, ('which resides in \SwtTA-DWi'pA',^i]S't^-l(^m~ 

 >' mentary) to perform the puja, in honor of him^ Who is Guhya,- ot 

 ^* eoncealed. Na'ra yaijj'a, said go. Na'rada made his oheisance, and 

 f( flew through heaven to Mem. Tliere he remained about two hours, 

 " when he looked towards tlie noFlh-west, ,^nd descried at a great distance 

 " an obje6l of an astonishing size. He saw, in ii)e 7iorth of the Cshird'^^ 

 " dad'hi, or White Sea, the island 'Swe'ta thus called, and which, a^. 

 " every body knows, is very great,'^ ,, . ^ ,;. 



In the Vdyu--purdna\s'X6^e:>io\xnd\he foMowing pass^a^e": ^^ Know ydj^ 



" that to the .yoM^A' of ' Vttura:'-Cum, or M6nh^C^W^t,\i^-\\\e: 6ceai4- witli^ 



" waves like so many garlands, at the ^\siMi£,e^of $066 ydj anas i'lk'th^'- 



^' Siirdleyim or abode of the gods, f^moiis fortheVaricius sorts of deities' 



. " living in' it, andGhandra-^w>pa ^hii& called^. There is the Mandalam^ 



" or sacred road, of* liX^^za^-.^ -^ the w'est of tHiswesMh4&lahd, ill th^^ 



" Ma/z»i?fl#A£>0t']' great sea>,i^4n^isjand-ekled Bkadrdc'drd, whei^isis the 



♦* Bhadrdsana, or throne of Vigrahava n-Va yu, who resides-tbere m ^' 



♦* human shape, and is worshipped as a gpd/' . , > ^,^5..,^.,,. 



Va'yu;, or Yah is i^otus, and the gtiardlaH'ofthe'h^M^Wegt ■quarter of 

 the world. By. the country to the south of UHara-Curu; of North-C/^n;,^ 

 we must understand here South^Cwrw , and which is bounded on the north , as 

 rhave shewn bfefore, by the ar61:ic circle; I mean the sensible one, where 

 there are days of 24 hours, and which passes through tHe'Weridional 

 ip2iXl'i of Iceland or Pushcara; which island is declared to be in 't//ri7)y« 



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