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1 8. Tke defcendant of the Creator of the <univerfe* was Akg i ras s 

 worthy the efteem of the wholes world :. in his line was born the divine 

 fage Gautama,! atreafere-of fcience, an opponent of the followers 

 of the Mimanfa, fyflem,J who from anger in difputationihewed an eye 

 in the fole of i his £o«)t 3 § as Samb-hu || difplays it on his foreheadc 

 ,g Whofe praife does not Acshapa'd a merit in this world, who, quick 

 in expounding the Kydya Sdflra, having • confuted wicked ilo&rine, 

 proved the omnipotence of Is war a? 



■20. In the increafe of the race of him retting in the tranquillity of 

 devout aufterity-swas, born the wife Bras s h/is a, the fole abode - of vir- 

 tue, and the residence of a multitude of excellent qualities; who was 

 enlightened by the-embraces af exalted ■Sarasv-ati,! and whom pious 

 ,| # men vifited as a holy place for their moral good. Thatikilful one, at 

 the head of ■ thofe who are, -pure from tried fealty, having been exa- 

 i mined, was appointed chief of all the miniftersfor conducting, abftrufe 

 ics. by the monarchs D'hakga, and Gand'a deva. 



.,£2. The tree, of loyalty, whofe roots were firmly fixt, being watered 



with . • grew up, and ever produced to thefe two 



princes the fruit of the three human purfuits.** 



23. TROMliim was born the f ighteourS'i van am Air equal to D'h is a- 



* Biahma. According to the Hindu mythology, Angiras was his -gr/a-o«rahdfon. 



* Author of the fyfya oi fjftcracf logic, the docliines of which aye &ici to conefpond with thofe of 



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^iistoriE. 



+ Founded by Vy/sa, and generally Supported by his pupiljAiMiNi. Their feveial fjftems are difhiio 

 guifiied by the titles of Furva and Uttara^ ox firff and Rcond Mimanfa, 

 $ He is hence named A csh afa'd a. 1 he legend is, ho were r, differently jelittd by other witm. 



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% The Hindu goddefs of wifdom. 



a * D'it>rma, Cama snd Art'ha; Qt duty,, h\t 3 mi wealtfea 

 { +f Minifter ol Vidjgi'haia,, 



