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100 MYSORE sect combine the doctrines of the two former, holding that the creature, separate from the Creator during life, becomes absorbed into His essence after death, the doctrine being called visishta advaitam. Of the unorthodox sects, the most influential is that of the Lingayats; they detest Bráhmans, and generally hold aloof from Government service, being chiefly occupied as traders, and, indeed, taking the lead in commercial pursuits in the northern part of Mysore. There are also many Jains; their high priest resides at Srávana Belgola, in the French Rocks Sub-division of Mysore District, where there is a colossal statue of Gomateshwara. The Jain temples are called Bastis, in which are to be seen the statues of their Tirthankaras. Language.---The language spoken throughout Mysore, except in Kolár and the eastern side of Chitaldrúg, is Kánarese ; which is the vernacular of 83 millions of people. There are three dialects of Kánarese (1) Purvada Hale Kannada, or the archaic Kánarese of inscriptions earlier than the end of the 7th century; (2) Hale Kannada, or old Kánarese up to the end of the 14th century, in which were written the older sacred books of the Jains and the majority of the Mysore stone inscriptions; and (3) Hosa Kannada, the existing language. Agriculture.—The whole of Mysore State has not been surveyed by the Revenue Survey Department. The following figures include both the surveyed and unsurveyed portions of the State, and must be regarded as only approximate. The total area of Mysore State is 24,723 square miles. Of this area in 1880-81, approximately 7055 square miles were under cultivation, 5737 square miles were cultivable waste, and the remainder, 11,951 square miles, or 48 per cent of the whole, were uncultivable waste. At the close of 1870-80 there were 3,511,828 acres of cultivable waste land remaining unappropriated, and 219,093 acres having been resigned or resumed by Government during the year 1880–81, there was a total of 3,730,921 acres available for cultivation. Of this, only 216,173 acres were taken up; thus at the close of 1880-81 there were 3,514,748 acres unutilized. The area under actual cultivation was 4,280,674 acres, namely, 554,752 acres under rice, 21,058 acres under wheat, and 3,139,560 acres under other food-grains, such as ragi, gram, and other cereals and pulses. Of the remaining 565,304 acres, 147,464 were occupied by oil-seeds; 135,542 by cocoa-nut and areca-nut ; 159,165 by coffee; 52,178 by vegetables ; 20,893 by cotton ; 24,076 by sugar-cane; 12,986 by tobacco; 9619 by mulberry ; 523 by pepper; 2671 by fibres; and 178 by lac. About doo acres were planted with potatoes In 1884-85, out of a total area of 4,474,057 acres of cultivated land, 3,329,457 acres were occupied by ragi and other dry crops ; 597,443 by rice; 163,877 by oil-seeds; 131,689 by cocoa-nut and arcca-nut; 141,717 by coffee; 27,422 by vegetables ; 21,385 by cotton;