On THE ANCIENT ~ 
pave 
Fir next river is the Bd gmat of Bangmatt, that's t say full of noises 
and sounds. According tothe Hindwat-c hand, & section of the: Scanda- 
purdia, it comes from two springs in the’ skirts of the pe aoe BE SRR PRE 
eastern spring is the Bagmatlz, and the. western is called after Haries- 
wura or Hariitesa, or the lord in the shape: of an: antelope: > We: read i in 
the above section, that Srva ohce thoueht proper to withdre aw fe om. the busy 
scenes. of the world, and to live incognito: in the’ stiape of an n ugly and 
deformed male antelope, that he might not be’ recognised. by his wife, 
and by the gods, who, he knew would: immediately go in. search _of 
Kim, ‘ag He was one of the tliree erand agents of the world. He was 
Kot mistaken ’y for 10,000 —— ‘of the gods, they searched ice him all” 
ever the world, but in vain. His hibtielly at last led to the discovery; for 
some of the gods took particular notice of the behaviour of an ugly male: 
antelope, and they wisely concluded, that it was Siva himself in.that shape. | 
Since that time Siva is wor shipped along the banks of the Biematt, under: 
the title of Hariieswara, or Harinega. The peak we mentioned before, is 
called to.this day, according to Colonel KinkPaTRick,. Sheopoor y, the place: 
ér abode of Swi‘or Sto. The ‘pool, where he and his female friends used 
fo allay their’ thirst, is called in: the above Purtvca, Mrigas' riirgodaca, or: 
Harivtasrin godaea, or the water of the peak of the’ antelope,, meaning 
Siva in that shape. The western branch: again flows into the Bagmati » 
and I believe, that it once communicated its name: Haérin est to that river: 
and similar instances occur occasionally in-India. “HenceT suppose that. 
it is the Erineses of Mrcasruznes, who besides says, that it ran.into the 
Ganges; through the” country of the Mathe:. This country is that of 
Tirhut, called: also in Sanscrit Maitha,. and. Maithile. froma Rajd,, whose- 
