440 AN ESSAY ON 



of Bha'scara,* or- the Sarayu as intimated in other Purdnas,f and af 

 .^fiiFmed both by PRA'iNPLJRi and by Tieffenthaller's emissary. 



On a review of the whole subject, it appeared th^it the Ganges had been 

 tmced from Hindustan, by Hindu pilgrims, into the sncwy ^mountains, 

 which run in a "diredlic/n from N. 'W. to S. 'E. on the fronier of India; 

 and had been approached, on the side-of Tz5W, by LamasmV'eyors.v^'hose 

 route terminated at mount Kentaisse, a range of snowy mGlin tains on the 

 west and south of Tibet. The mteFvenings pace -seemed to be the region 

 of conjecture, of fable, a«d of romanceJ 'Whether a vast tra<5t of alpine 

 country intervene, or-simply anridge of Ixifty mountains, clothed in eternal 

 snow, could not be judged from the uncertain positions at which the routes 

 ■terminate, neither of which had. been ascertained, to any vsatisfaftory de- 

 gree of geographical precision. However, the latter supposition seemed 

 the more probable conJe61ure, from the proximity of Bhadrindt'h to the 

 termination of thQ Lama's youX.q.- For the temple of Bha drin a t'h \\a,s 

 placed, by Tieffenthaller, at an estimated distance of 57 .miles, and by 



'^ '' The holy^tream from the foot of Vishn'u descends from the mansion of Vishn.'u 



* on mount Meru^ whence it divides into four streams, and, passing through the sur, 

 ^ reaches the lakes on the summits of the upholding mountains. Under tlie name of S/^o, 



"* that river proceeds to Bhadrdswa: as the Alacananda^ it enters Bhdrata'versha (II in.' 

 ' dustan.) As the Chacsku it goes ib C&tumala ; and as the Bhadrd, to the Nor! hern 

 ■^ Gurus. ^ Sidd''ku72ta-siromani; Bhuvana coska. 31 and S8. 



f ' In the midst of the snowy ( Uimav at) range o( mountains is mount C«^7^isfl, where 



* Cute R A dwells ; the God of riches, with his attendant demigods. 



* There is a peak named Cfiandraprabhd, near which is situated the Aclihoda lake, 



* whence flows the river Menddcini. On the bank of that river is situated the divine wood, 



* the vast grove C^fl/^mra^72a. J 



^ On the northwest of Caildsa is mount Cucv.dmdn whence Rubra sprang. At Ihe foot 

 « of that mountain is the Mfflwa^rt lake, from which the S'amj/w flows: and on the bank of 



* that river is the forest of Vaibhrdja. 



* North of Caildsa is the golden peak, at the foot of which is the lake Vindusaras^ 

 ' where the king Bhagihat'ha sojourned during many years, when he went thither to 



* fetch Gangd.^ ■ " ; 



Matsj/a-purdnaj Bhw&anacosk&o 



% Cuve'ra's garden. 



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