A02 On THE ANCIENT 
Tur other rivers, as far as Tamlook, ave from the Cshétra-samasa. . The 
Rédé now the Bénsli, falls into the Ganges near Jungypur. ob believeit 
should bewritten Réd*hd, because it flows through the country of that mame. 
“The Dwdracé isnext: then, the Mayurdcsht or with the eyes of a Mayura, 
sor peacock; this is the river More. Vo.the N. E. of Jemuydacand: ave the 
‘followmg small rivers, the Gocarnt{, and beyond this the Chila, and the 
Grivamotica, in.the spoken dialects Garmord. Their path towards, the 
Ganges, is winding and inivicate. fol Jew wae 
Tur next river is the Bacréswart, which comes from the hot wells of 
Bacréswora-mahédéva, or with the jerooked Linga.. These hot wells are 
of course a most famous and holy: place of worship. It falls mto the 
Ganges above Catwé, and it is called in the maps Babla. | 
Tue Ajf, or resplendent river is the next: its name at full length is 
Ajévait or Ajamati, full of resplendence. The Ajmati, as it is pronounced, 
is the Amystis of Megasthenes, mstead.of Asmytis. It fell into the Ganges, 
according to Arrian, near a town called Catadupa, the present, and real 
name of which is Cata-dwipa; but it is more generally called Catwa. 
The Aji is called also Ajayé, Ajayi and Ajasd, in the Galava-Tantra, 
As Ajaya may be supposed to signify invincible, it is declared, that 
whatever man bathes in its waters, thereby becomes unconquerable. The 
next river is the Damodara, one of the sacred names of VisHnu, and ac- 
cording to the Cshétra-samasa, it is the Vedasmriti, or Vedavatf of the 
Purditas. Another name for itis Dévanad, especially in the upper parts of 
its course. In the spoken dialects it is called Damodé or Damodi. It is 
