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ON THE ORIGINAL INHABITAXTS 
CHAPTER III. 
The Mallas. 
The name of the Mallas appears in various forms in 
Sanskrit literature. As the name of a people, we meet it 
in Malaka, Malada, Malaja, Malla, Mallaka, Mallava, Mala, 
Malava^ Malavarti, &c. ; as the name of a demon in Malayaja 
(Rahu), Malla (perhaps also if not connected with tndld, 
garland, in Malyavan and Malini), &c. ; as the name of a 
human being in Malayaketu, Malayadhvaja, Malayanarapati, 
Malayaprabha, Malayasiriiha, Malayagandhini, Malayava- 
sini, Malavi, &c. ; as the name of a country in Malaya, 
Malay adesa, Malay abhumi, Mallabhumi, Mallarastra, Mala, 
Malava, Malavadesa, Malavaka, &c. ; as the name of a 
mountain or mountain-range in Malakuta, Malaya, Malaya- 
parvata, Malayabhubhrt, Malayacala, Malayadri, Malyavan, 
&c. ; as the name of a river in Malavi, &c. ; as the name of a 
town in Malayapura, Mallapura, Mallavastu, Mallaprastha, 
&c. ; as the name of a plant in Malayaja, Malay adiiima, 
Malayodbhava (sandal) ; Mallaja (Yellaja, black pepper), 
&c., &c. 
If we include in this list some variations of tlie sound 
Malla, we may mention the three mind-born sons of Brahma, 
the famous Prajapatis Mar'ici, Pulaha, and Pulastya, who 
had among their progeny the most reputed Daityas or Rak- 
sasas, as well as the demon PuJoman, whom Indra killed, iu 
order to obviate the curse pronounced against him for his 
having violated Puloman's daughter Sacl. The name Marlci 
occurs also among the Daityas, Marnha among the nations, 
n.ud mallaja, black pepper, is L'kewise called marica or 
mar'ica. 
Mant means in Sanskrit a desert and a mountain, and 
the expression JIan(hlnl is speciall}- applied to Marwar. but 
its inhabitants as well as the Mhars are the representatives 
