1844.] * Sixth Report on Mackenzie Manuscripts. 69 



in a rather rude and peculiar hand : and is in very good pre- 

 servation, though incomplete, wanting some leaves at th'e 

 end.* 



6. Atmanatma-vivecam, a treatise on mental, or intellectual, 

 knowledge. 



This work is a translation from the Sanscrit ; and may be 

 stated to contain two grand divisions, which relate to the 

 divine, and human, nature. 



1. In the divinity there are three forms, or hypostases, 

 actuated by one pervading mind. The three forms are 

 Rrahma, Vishnu, Siva, whose bodies are respectively red, 

 blue, and white. In the pervading mind there are five pro- 

 perties, or powers, analogous to five senses. They are one 

 in counsel, diverse in operation : Brahma creating, Vishnu 

 preserving, Siva destroying. There is only one Supreme in 

 the Universe, denoted by the term Trimurti. 



2. In the human nature there is a compound of body and 

 soul. In the mind, or soul, there are five senses. In the 

 body there are seven vital airs, which/operate in various ways, 

 by pulsation, &c. In the body there are nine apertures. 

 The perfection of human nature consists in the restraint of 

 the five senses, seven vital airs, and nine apertures ; the 

 mind being fixed in contemplating the Supreme, who has 

 five powers, and diversely operates by three forms, as Creator, 

 Preserver, and Destroyer. 



Eemarks. — This is the primitive Hindu system ; and 

 mutatis-mutandis, it might be the composition of a Talmu- 

 dical-Rabbi. Both classes of writers probably derived much 

 from Noachical traditions. There are minuter statements, 

 both as to the Divine qualities or powers, and human facul- 

 ties, than I have brought into this brief Abstract. It seems 



* It is entered in Des. catal. Vol. 1 p. 357. Art. 4. 



