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 102 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [Jim, 1875, we have already spoken. Thus Jugul for Jugal. Anr&d for Anirnddh, Satotjiti  &o. wb barbarous mis- spellings, but they are repeated so ofUai u to leave DO doobt thai Slf AiMns o n approved orth ■ome being due to ignorance of tho rules of Sans- krit etymology, and others to " fanciful dcrivutious that he hoi uluborati.-d far himself." — a practice which ha has nob been able U> avoid, though he ■nni It in 11 there;. It also appears incon- sistent to use such forms as tomb i tadr — whii'li. ii'.iny. may jnctly be called pedantic. jumJ baTo boon mode exceptions by Governincut^ond yet to adopt the unmeaning form 1st I which is a halfway-house purely of his own in- vention between the exploded 'LtiUutjwtr, and Lai it pur. ivhJd r in not only cornel, but has also received (Joverument wuictiou. As might be inferred from these indications of indifference to etymological acenrncy, derivations of words are not often given, — and very wisely so, for such o* wt do find am qnitr of r he pWHidentifto type. Thus * Bsindu* is void to be compounded of Mtw, * mental desire,' and dcttxtit, * given -,' though the hitter word bnu no existence either in Satndcfit or any other language ; the former is incurrDctly translated; and the two OOUhJ BOrri I j. Hti u to give such a result as Bands. Agai itluul been recognized that Kayan was simply the Hindi abbreviation for K a r u n v u t i, the Sanskrit name of the chief titer of Honda, its connection with Kama wonld certainly leave been mentioned at page 127. whrre reference is made to the 1 oral names and legends that commemorate him and the other heroes of the JfuAdeadrani. The nun-recognition arises from the writer'* exelnaivo use of tbo Per- sian written cburueter. in which it is impossible to make any distinction between Kan and Kay on ; and the similarity of Ken to Kama is. it must be admitted, not vary apparent. Again, Sarmdn. r lated 'a water-carrier/ really means nothing of the kind, bnt is the Sanskrit Srann.ua, ' an ascetic. 1 In token of hia vocation be is Always represented as carrying a small earthen wnterpot, known as a fawmn»Wj*nrt thus the origin of the error be- comes inteUigihU-, m v'vi aoM os plaia t iott in which .', sterpot was mentioned having Ihxti mis- understood. Further, to translate KT^-i-F-r ndfh the name of a place of pilgrimage — by 'Lordly giver of desires' is as little fa accord with Eng- lish idiom as it would be to speak of 'The lady, like giver of victory* moaning thereby ' Our Lady of Victory.' The precise intention ol compound was probably not apprehended ; hut it is more difficult to find en explanation for the disregard of Liudioy Murray shown In such sentences as the foilowing: — "The principal din- among lite HrAhmans or.' r! .■■■ k.inajrjiyaa/' no others being enumerated. Again, ' ' ver if. a r»w or what appear to he tiny or phtdbti, BOtnc bearing a head, othurs the usual division of the (in j? or phallttt." Again, on the same page; " Muhndeo ulao appears um Sandigan, nHh wor- shippers - t tlanuman with his foot on the demon ; find there ■ is also u tnuuU seated .figure with a&o standing and presenting on offering to it." As a bit of picturesque ■wm-d-|«imtiug the following is ulfio neticeahle i — " The houses at Man are well- buili, with deep eavt'j dJ eOBsidcrft! . tln> Jirh.!. rind second atfiri. .- rising outline throughout, with here and there u balcony- bung window qnito beautiful."' Again, to speak of u market ai " held on every eighth day " instead of ' DBUW a week,* which is what in intended, bow* cverlitt rnl n rendering of the Hindustani document, is calculated to mislead an English render who ia not versed in Oriental idiom. A* indications of the writer's slight knowledge of Hindu mythology, take thn fnl towing passages : " The »Uth temple i« dedicated to Chuiorbhuj,nnd the Herenth to Yiahnu in the boor-avatAr; " wttifth ihonld bo corrected to 'Tlic sixth and seventh temples are both dedicated t j Va-htiu. in Li • hra I vnti ••, ' I fh»1 bi bbaj and f i •■ Boor respectively.' Again, the aentenon " ! are two armed figures, one discharging an irfOii (Bir Badr) and the otbtr wielding a sword. Mahideo ka putr (son)" impliea an error; for Virubhuflra (to spell correctly) was himsr 1 son of MahadoTB. But the most aetoniahing instance of the writer's seatity acquaintanDe with Ludion literature is afforded by the following word in his ripflfiripj ion of BAjapur : "In Akbar's reign, a holy man Tubii Dfls t a ro*irk-nt of Soron, came to the jungle on the bonks of the JamnA, erected n temple and devoted himsolf to prayer and meditation . " To j udge from the date and locality, the Tutsi DAs intended by Mr. Atkinson's in- formant was the famous author of tta lidmtiyann, a post whose works hare for thn lust Utm hundred yours excrci»(A our Provincial Gaaat&ecr may comprise a more linnaimnn dmp o i iof the o ot ma t y, whoro the e*!iior'» statistical skill may hnra equal scope, and hut moderate acquaintance with Hindu legends and literature may nut be quite soar. strained. G
 * H:r«onuge could only be parnthdcd by u "Warwick-