AAG ON THE ANCIENT 
name of Amaré-pur, and Nardon is Nartenh on the Kayn-dween.* For 
Nardow is a town according to Propemy, and by no means the name ofa 
well known plant, and which I believe does not grow in that country. 
He says, that it was situated in the country of Rkandamar-cot a, literally, the 
fort of Ranpamar; after which the whole country was denominated: but 
of the town itself he takes no notice. whatever.- 
Tue Sanscrit name of this country is Césara, and Hedamba or 
‘Hidamba; the king of which was killed by Burma, who fell in love with 
his sister Hipamsa, and remained with her a whole year. From this 
union, are descended the present Réjds of that country, who come occasi- 
onally to Benares to worship. Huyames,:and his subjects were cannibals, 
and he and his sister wanted very much to eat Buima, ashe was fat and 
plump, Hn/amea wasalso called-+ Ruida-munda, hee whenever 
he could catch any unfortunate traveller, he made his body Ruxd‘a or 
headless; and also he made his head Murda, that is to say, he cut it off 
and separated it from the body; for it is customary with men-eaters to cut. 
off the head imediately, and to throw it away. It was enough to call 
him Runwa or the Runva-rxsx, because this necessarily implies the 
other; but Ruz da-mméda is an alliteration, highly delightful in the ears of 
Hindis, who are great admirers of such a jingle of words. However,a field 
of battle though strewed, both with Ruda and Muwitd a, is simply called 
Rundica, instead of Rund a-murtdica, because the beauty of the alliteration 
is entirely lost, by this compound assuming a derivative form. Runpa 
*® Emaassy to Avd, Vol. Ist, p. 180. 
# Commentary on the Mdha-bhdrata, section the third. 
