GroeRiPuy cory fiwnlAa.. AIS 
tS banks: tre: Has’ea town called’oCassida,. thé Sanseritiname of which is 
Cushadhas or ‘Cusadya, the sae swith Oude sand, ‘as it were to complete 
the sum-of blinders, “he hasoplaced) Canegiza or Canoge on its banks. 
According ito! Prommy, thesource-of this.river:is in the northern hills, ‘at: 
acplace; which he calls: Sélampure; (as itcis: written and accentuated in) | 
the Greek original). atthe foot:of: motnt -Bepyrrhus, so. called fromi 
numerous passes ‘tlirouplat and ‘called’to Abis. day wehimpher?,. synonymous; 
with Bhay-pherii or, the» tremendous - passes, as we haveseen before.: 
Selampoor, is veally:a Sanscrit name ofyaxplace, ‘Sailapura; or Sailampurs: 
for both:are grammatical, end ‘are synonymous: with: Sailagram, and the: 
obvioussmeanihg; andi. we maysay.the only one of both, is the tawnof 
Saila, which ee arocky hits. 
“OVS SHO 19. Jew OLS ©, 
»dinruusiasts, have endeavoured to frame etymologies suitable to the’ 
rank, and dignity: of this stone; which is..a. deity, and-is god in: its own 
night, for it is- VisnNnu: but they are. rejected ‘by sober and: dispassionate: 
Pandits,.as too far fetched, and sometimes ridiculeus. The name‘of this 
stone 1s “written: Sélagram, Sailagrém, Saila-chacra. and Gand act-Silé. 
People; who 2o iIn-search:of ithe Sélagraim; travelas far-as a. place’ called 
Thicedé-cote,.at the entrance neatly.fof.the snowy mountains. To the 
southoof itis, avillage; where they stop;and. procure provisions, » This 
village was. probably scalled: Sailapur cor Sailagram,::from:its situation 
near a: Saila.ov.rocky hill, and from it. this: famous stone was denominated 
Saita gram, as well as'theiriver.. Lhaecd is mentioned in Anabwenaire’s S. 
map.. 
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