OF BHARATAVARSA OR INDIA. 
119 
it the water of life, cried : Mar, Mar " " Slay, Slaj^" and the 
Paramdra, the killer of enemies, appeared. Abu Dhar and 
Ujjain were assigned to him as his territory. Brahma instilled 
his essence into the second image, and throwing it into the 
pit, Caluk or Solanki appeared with a sword in one hand, 
the Yeda in the other, and a noose round his neck. He 
received Anhalpnr. 8i.ca formed the third figure, and Pari- 
hara rose as an ill-favored black figure armed with a bow. He 
stumbled and was placed as a guardian at the temple gates. 
Nine places of the desert, Marnsthalam, were assigned to him. 
Visnu formed Caturbhuja Cauhan, who appeared like him 
four-armed, in each arm carrying a peculiar weapon. He 
received Macdvati Nagari. These were the ancestors of the 
Arjnikulas who destroyed the demon races, and of all the 
thirty-six royal races the four Agnikulas rank highest, ac- 
cording to " Chand, the great bard of the Ghohans." This 
creation " is dated so far back as the opening of the second 
" age of the Hindus" (Tod, ibidem,^. 442). Chohan chro- 
nicles mention Aja as the founder of Ajmere, the mountain of 
82 See for this account Tod's Rajasthan, vol. II, pp. 440, fE. Visvdmitra 
is here mentioned as the presiding priest, while in the first volume, p. 95, 
Vasistlia fiUs this place : " From the fire-fountain a figiire issued forth, but 
he had not a warrior's mien. The Brahmins placed him as guardian of the 
gate, and thence his name, Prithiha-dwara (portal or door {dwar) of the earth ; 
contracted to Prithihara and Purihara) . A second issued forth, and being 
formed in the palm [ehaloo) of the hand was called Chalooka. A thii'd ap- 
peared and was named Pramara (the first striker). He had the blessing of the 
Rics, and with the others w^nt against the demons, but they did not prevail. 
Again Vasistha, seated on the lotus, prepared incantations ; again he called 
the gods to aid : and as he poured forth the libation, a figure arose, lofty in 
stature, of elevated front, hair like jet, eyes rolling, breast expanded, fierce, 
ten-ific, clad in armour, quiver filled, a bow in one hand and a brand in the 
other, quadriform {chatooranga), whence his name Chohan [chatoor or aJia, 
'four'; ^»(7«, body ')." 
The discrepancies between these two legends are considerable, not only 
so far as the presiding priests are concerned, but also with respect to the order 
of creation, and because in the description given in the text the gods them- 
selves take part in the creation. Caluka or culiika sigTiifies a hollowed hand to 
hold water. Colonel Tod assigns (II, p. 441), as above stated, the mudnytd 
Marusthali, or ' nine habitations of the desert ' to Parihara, while he had 
previously (vol. I, p. 91) allotted the No-kote Marooalhulli to Pramara. 
