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family, witli the ^Sacas : being alike descended from the cow 'Sahala, 

 The name of the famous cow Adumhla or Vdumbla seems to be derived 

 from the. Sanscrit D'habald, which signifies a white Cow: in Greek, Da- 

 mala is a heifer ; and in Sanscrit, Udd'habald signifies the most excellent 

 and perfe6l cow, the famous cow Cdmad'henU, 



VI. In the Bhavishya^urdna we read that Ma'rtan'da, or the sun, 

 has two v/ives: the first called Rajni is a celestial form; the other 

 NicsHUBHA, immobilis, a terrestrial form, is the daughter of the famous 

 Twashta', the chief engineer of the gods. Ni-cshubha' is called also 

 Cshubhd, mobilis, and of course is the same with Halana' and Na-hala- 

 na', a well known goddess in the west. According to Hindu divines, 

 whatever may be affirmed of the gods and every thing else may be also 

 denied, as long as we remain involved in mayd, or wordly illusion. Su- 

 RANUH, for thus she is called likewise, unable to bear the refulgence of 

 her husband, ran away secretly, and left with him in her room, her 

 •own shadow. Ma'rt'anda having been informed, that the real person 

 of his wife had fled, went to her father Twashta', who told him the 

 cause of her leaving him; and that the only way to bring her back, 

 was to allow his rays to be clipped, to which proposal the sun agreed 

 immediately. 



Thus in 'Saca-dtvj'pa did Twashta' place the Sun upon a potter's 

 wheel, and clipped his rays. He then looked beautiful and charming, 

 and was soon reconciled with his second wife, tile daughter of Twashta', 

 with whom he lives six months, from the winter solstice, or nearly so, to 

 the summer solstice. Thus the Hindus account for the phc-enomenori, 

 which takes place every day, a little before the sun disappears behind 

 the Asta^iri'iw Sxvctam or 'Sdcam, when, on account of the vapours aboVe 



