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mountain of Mahdchin, and the Sambhu Purdna also states the same. The 

 city founded by Manju, called Manju Pattaii, is no longer in existence, but 

 tradition places it half-way between Mount Sambhu, and the Pasupati Wood, 

 where the remains of buildings are often dug up. Both Buchanan and Kirk- 

 PATRicK advert to the legend of Manju's drying up the valley of Nepal, and 

 express themselves satisfied that it is founded on the fact of the valley having 

 once been an extensive lake — Manju, has a number of synonimes in the 

 Trilcanda, or Manjusri, Manju Ghosha, Manjubhadra, KuMara, the 

 youth or prince ; Nila, the dark complexioned ; Badiraj, the King of contro- 

 versy ; Khergi, wearing a sword; Dandi, carrying a staff; Sikhadhara, having 

 a lock of hair on the crown of his head ; Sinhakeli, who sports with a Lion ; 

 and SARDtJLAVAHANA, who rides on a Tiger : some of these epithets are, of 

 course, not to be understood literally, but their general tendency is to assign 

 to Manju the character of a Military Legislator, one, whose most convinc- 

 ing argument was the edge of his sword. 



The religion introduced by Manju and his disciples was, possibly, that of 

 pure Buddhism, either in the Swabhdvika or Aiswarya form ; but whence 

 were the Brahmanical grafts derived. It is not extraordinary that we should 

 have Siva, or Vishnu, or Ganesa, or perhaps even Hanuman, admitted to 

 some degree of reverence, for there is nothing in the Bauddlia doctrines nega- 

 tive of the existence of such beings, and the popularity of the legends relat- 

 ing to them with the whole Hindu people, recommended them to the favour 

 and adoption of their neighbours ; but the Sdlcta form of Hinduism is a com- 

 paratively obscure and unavowed innovation, and had not therefore the same 

 claims to consideration. It is, nevertheless, the chief source of the notions and 

 divinities foreign to Buddhism with those Bauddhas, amongst whom the Pan- 

 chavinsati is an authority. It could only have been brought to their knowledge 

 by contiguity, for the Tantras, and Tdntrika Purd?ias, form a literature 

 almost peculiar to the eastern provinces of Hindustan, the origin of which 



