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raw flesh and wild fruits eating Pulindas, as living north of 
the present Barok. 
On Pulaha, Pulastya, Puloman, &c. 
The previously mentioned names of Pulaha, Pulafitya, 
Puloman, 8fc., bear in their first two syllables Pula a strange 
resemblance to the name of the Pulayar and Pulindas. Sans- 
krit grammarians generally connect the names of these 
Saints with the root pul, to be great, and the word Pulastya 
is also derived from pulas, standing for puras. These deri- 
vations, however, appear too artificial." 
Pulastya is said to be the father oiAgastya and Viiravas. 
Visravas had four sons, Kubera by Idavida (or Ilavila) 
and Rdvana, Kumbhakarna, and Vibhtsana by Kesini. The 
saintly civiUser of Southern India, Agastya, is thus, as pre- 
viously noticed, very closely indeed related to the chief of 
the hated Eaksasas, being in fact the uncle of Havana, the 
god-despising king of Lanka. While Ravana conquered 
India and reduced the gods to abject subjection, from which 
they were only rescued by Visnu appearing as Balarama, his 
uncle Agastya waged war with the demons and advised 
Hama how to subdue the Eaksasas. Similar family discords 
assisted Rama in his warfare against Kavana and Bali, 
whose respective brothers Vibhisana and Sugriva joined 
Rama. 
While Eavana is regarded with horror by the Brah- 
mans, Rdvanabhet, a Vedic work on Phonetics, is ascribed to 
this Raksasa, His memory is still cherished by the Jains. 
" Compare the remarks of the Rev. F. Kittel on the root pulai, pule, pole 
and on Pulaha and Pulastya in the Indian Antiquary, vol. VIII (1879), 
pp. 50, 61. Though I arrived at my conclusions previously to my reading 
Mr. Battel's suggestive article, I admit his priority in this respect and gladly 
quote his opinion : ' ' The Pallava . . and the Pallavaka, a libertine, a gallant, 
" I do not hesitate to connect with Poleya ; and who knows whether the 
" ancient Pallava dynasty was not a dynasty of certain Pohyas when still a 
" powerful tribe." 
