es 
Monern ImrrarioN/or sHe Netpas, &e. 
ref indus and Christians, under the Sener title OF TPatwa-B0 0, HA SWAMI, 
as the author of many excellent works i in Tamil, on polemical theology. 
In one of these, the Atma-nirnay ya-vive cain, he combats the opinions of 
the various Indian sects on the nature of the soul, and exposes the f ables 
with which the Purénas abound, relative to the state of future existence, 
and j dn an other, Punerj yjenma Acshépa, he confutes the doctrine of the 
metempsychosis. Both these works, in style and substance greatly resem- 
ble the controversial part of the Pseudo- Védas; but these are open 
attacks on what the- author considered false doctrines and superstitions 
and no attempt | is made to veil their manifest tendency, or to insinuate the 
tenets they maintain, under a borrowed name or in an ambiguous form. 
The style adopted by Rossrtus pe Nosiisus is remarkable for a 
profuse intermixture of Sanscrié terms; these to express doctrinal notions,* 
and abstract ideas, he compounds and recompounds with a facility of 
invention, that indicates an intimate knowledge | of the language whence 
they are derived, and there can be no doubt, therefore, that he was fully 
qualified to be the author of those writings. If this should be the fact, 
considering the high character he bears among all acquainted with his 
name and the nature of his known works, I am | inclined to attribute to 
him the composition only, not the. forgery, of the Pseudo-Védas.+ It 
* ‘He first translated in Tamil the prayers of the Catholic church,as used .by the Christians in the 
south of India, and all terms employed by them to convey ideas peculiar to the Christian faith are derived 
from him: they are found in Brscuys Tamil-Latin Dictionary, under reference to his authority. 
- + See note A: ‘Phe passage quoted from Mosnerm was pointed out to me after this paper was written. 
Which is juster, the character Rosertus pe Noxitipus bears in India for probity or that he appears 
to have obtainéd in Europe for fraud, is not for me to determine. I shall only remark, that it was long 
the fashion for Protestant writers to calumniate indiscriminately the Jesuits. 
