* 
Grocrapuyv. or Inpra. (434 
_Persilis, and Sersilis, in the easternmost paris of, Hindustan, and it:is con- 
nected by them with the river Lacsha or Lakya.* i 
In the long: lists of rivers in the Maha-bharat and. Padma-puraia, the 
\Brahmé-putra is called Anta-sila, or the river of the rock ef our latter end; 
alluding to the above rock. 
Wiru regard to.these Jala-manushas, it is to be observed, that in general 
-the Hindiis believe, that all living beings originate from an atomlike germ 
-endued ‘virtually with life; but.inert till placed in a proper medium; when 
“it becomes actually a punctum saliens or an embryo. It is indivisible, and 
-cannot be destroyed by any means whatever; but will remain till the end 
of the world. When a man dies, his: body restores to the earth, and to the 
other elements, all that augmentation of substance, -which it had received 
from them; but. the atomlike germ remains the same. The three gamb- 
lers,, whom we. mentioned before, having been devoured by three alligators, 
their germ of course remained undigested, and unhurt, and soon after 
they were naturally conveyed into the wombs of females. 
Tus atomlike germ is called in Sanscrit Atibéhica, and is mentioned in 
the Garuda-puraia.+ It is called also Véyaviyam, because it goes faster 
than the wind, and I am assured, that it is mentioned in the Védanta;t 
* Mopern Univers. History, Vol. 5th, p. 279. See also Ep>warp Terry and others. 
+ Secrion of the Préta-c’ hand a. 
. a 
{ Vepanra-pars‘an, and in the Aima-tatwanu-sandhana. 
