ORIENTAL SERIES.

26 8 RISHIRISH YA -SRINGA .
life of such severe austerity and abstinence, that he became a
mere " collection of skin and fibres, and went the way of all
flesh/' The Bhagavata Pura/za speaks of his wanderings in the
western part of the Peninsula, and connects him with the estab-
lishment of the Jain religion in those parts. The name of the
first Jain Tirthakara or saint was .Z&shabha.
-R/SHL An inspired poet or sage. The inspired persons to
whom the hymns of the Yedas were revealed, and under whose
names they stand. "The seven Jfo'shis" (saptarshi), or the
Praja-patis, " the mind-born sons " of Brahma, are often referred
to. In the $atapatha Brahmana their names are given as Go-
tama, Bharadwaja, Yiswamitra, Jamad-agni, Yasishflia, Kasyapa,
and Atri. The Maha-bharata gives them as Marichi, Atri,
Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Yasishtfha, The Yayu
Puriwxa adds Bhngu to this list, making eight, although it
still calls them " seven. "
The Yishmi Purana, more consistently,
adds Bhrz'gu and Daksha, and calls them the nine Brahmarshis
(Brahma-rishis). The names of Gautama, Karcwa, Yalmiki,
Yyasa, Manu, and Yibhaw&ka are also enumerated among the
great jSfehis by different authorities. Besides these great 7izshis
there are many other .fiishis. The seven -Zftshis are represented
in the sky by the seven stars of the Great Bear, and as such are
called J^iksha and Chitra-sikhanrfinas, '
having bright crests.'
^/SHI-BBAHMAJVA.
Sama-veda.
An old Anukramaw, or Index of the
jS/SHYA-MtJKA. A mountain in the Dakhin, near the
source of the Pampa river and the lake Pampa. Eama abode
there for a time with the monkeys.
5/SHYA-55INGA. '
The deer-horned/ A hermit, the son
of YibhanrZaka, descended from Kasyapa. According to the
and Maha-bharata he was born of a doe and had a
Eamayana
small horn on his forehead. He was brought up in the forest by
his father, and saw no other human being till he was verging upon
manhood. There was great drought in the country of Anga, and
the king, Lomapada, was advised by his Brahmans to send for
the youth JSishya-sringa, who should marry his daughter $anta,
and be the means of obtaining rain. A number of fair damsels
were sent to bring him. He accompanied them back to their
city, the desired rain fell, and he married $anta, This $anta
was the adopted daughter of Lomapada ; her real father was