CALLED. PHA'NSI'GA'RS. ^,|^g. 



I He loofed Aula D (^) from his bendsj 



And tied hi$ Kyanian (r) cammand to the bow of his faddle,. 



For from their fad4-ie^i wisf? the noofe o^ my cammand, 

 I tore then?, ^nd bo^qd fafl their- heads and feet. 



He threw the welLtwille^ cammand . 



And caught many .a horfemen ofi the fame fpoto 



When the cammand iffiied from the hand of Rustum», 

 °ii!he crowned head (j) became imprifonpd. J 



In the fame manner as the cammand, ihQ Pa'san, (Tel ) or Pdsan^ (Tarn. J, ? 

 literally a rope, was alfo, it is probable, u fed by the. ancient Miudu ,. 

 3)eroe'- in war*. If the authority of the Ramayana^ were allowed to , 

 "bq fuSicient to eliabUfh the. point, it might be alTerted that there were . 

 three forts of Pdsas, koovyn to xh^^ Hindus: two, vis. .the noofe of > 

 juftice and the, noofe ofdeath, pertaining to Yam a; and one, the noofc 

 of the water, to Varuna. . They are mentioned in, the following paff^^q . 

 among the weapons prefcnted by Vxs Wi^M^XRA to Rama. 



(g) A prifoQcr to Roitum in the pUins of Mazenderdi — .ihs Ftrjian region of raajic and touiance. 



(r) From the dyn^fly of ancient F/jr,f(ia King* fq Hipaedj 



(/) AllnJing to Khucar. cr the King oi China, who, fcateJ c:i his elephant, wii taken ptifoner by Rffi« , 

 ijUM in a g re;) t battle, in which the form;r hid coicc to the affiftaBCC of the Tarh agai»ft ihc PerJ(anc,'~SiC , 

 alfo I?Hctbelot> Bib, Or. Aft. Khathai, &c. 



