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here he re-appears as contemporary with Crishna. The Paurdfiics an- 

 swer to this, that, at that time, a partial renovation of the world took 

 place; when, as we observed before, the same persons re-appear on 

 the stage, the same events come to pass: and in the course of this 

 work GrTshna will appear to be the same with the Cretan Jupiter, 

 and the original Crete to be the saro.e with the tVhite Island in the 

 west. Contemporary with Minos and Crishna was Dvedalus, and 

 his nephew Talus, a man of brass ; probably a brazier, or who work- 

 ed in brass, before the discovery of iron. Daedalus was the most 

 skilful artist, that ever existed: he invented the hatchet, the level, 

 and many other instruments. He made statues endowed vv^ith life; 

 and HI short was another Twashta'. He taught his nephew Talus, 

 who made such proficiency under him, that he brought the mechanical 

 arts to very great perfection. He found out the potter's wheel, and the 

 turner's lath, attributed also to Twashta': and he was the first who con- 

 trived a saw. Twashta' was called also Tacsha and Tashta ; because 

 he was an artist, as implied by these words. D^dalus was thus deno- 

 minated in Gr^^i^, for the same reason, from DaidaloSy which signifies a 

 skilful artist ; the particle da being prefixed to enhance the signification. 

 In Latin, the verb dedolare implies, to cut and carve, with skill, from the 

 verb dolare, which is now obsolete, and oi;t of use in Greek. It is derived 

 from the Sanscrit data to cut, to carve, and, in Hindi, dalna is to cut, 

 to cut down. D/f,dalus's nephew. Talus, was thus denominated for the 

 same reason : thus the French say, doler and tailler. From da comes ddra- 

 cdy to cut, often pronounced ddlaca ; but the latter comes from dala. 

 There is a famous Rhhi, and skilful artist, called Udda'laca, from TJt- 

 ddlaca, answering to Daidalus ; for the particle itt, in 5i7//5cr/y, corresponds 

 to dd, in Greek, Twashta', who is called a god in the Furdn'as, is pro- 



