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late him into the islands of the blessed, his (Jupiter's ) native country :C-) 

 and this idea was also adopted by his scholiast. But what '!is stjil more 

 wonderful, is, that the greatest part of the Brdhmens, .to this day, never usis 

 any but real British chalky as they pretends to inark their foreheads with? 

 and this is carried by merchants all mexlndia.'- ..Tiiis cHalk. they call 

 ''Szveta-cfiancla?ia, ^Swcta^7nnlica, 'Sweia-mrzd, and it comes from Dwd- 

 racd, where it was deposited by Vishnu. ' It iiS. acknowledged in India.:, 

 thsit the Ve das, and this divine chalk, came both from the JVMte Island m 

 tlie west ; and that many tribes emigrated thence, in the time of CrTshnAj 

 into India, where they remain, to this day, in great numbers. It is declar- 

 ed, in the Magaror-c'harida, a sec^ioj^ of the Scanda-piirdna, that Vishnu 

 'brought the M^hide Island itself into Guzard^t, in which is .Dwdracd^y in the 

 time of CrishNa, where it js c ailed to tbis day ^Sweta-dwfpa, though on 

 the mainland. Various reasotis are assigned for this ; some say that it! 

 vi^as on ;account of Chishna, who lived with his relations at Dwdracd, and 

 "wlio;came: fromi tlie. Wtginal ^Sweta-dwipa, Others say, that Vishnu was 

 afraid that the WUite Island should turn black during the Cali^yuga. But 

 the general opinion is, that Vishnu l -ougiit ihe whole island into Guza^ 

 rat, for Crishna, to be the pUc^ of liii^s abodq,, an^. also, for the benefit 

 of his faithful servants,, that they mi^ht have rpaj^ and .genuine cjhalk to 



mark their foreheads with ; and which would have been liable to be adul- 



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terated by dealers and carriers. It is not to be supposed, tl^at in conse- 

 quence of this transportation, the IVIiite Island no longer exists in the 

 west. This is by no means "the case, for the White Isla?id, which he 

 brought into India was another 'self , and zn emanation of the original one. 



T^ttE While Island, or rather., an otheXr..s^lf»>wai5 brought also near 



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