celebration of Paynas, created Riks, Yuyush and Sāman; he then created the gods from his mouth and the ancestral manes from his breast (39). He then engendered human beings from his organ of generation and from his hips the Asuras, Sādhyas and other classes of gods. This we have heard (40). From the body of the Patriarch Vashishtha when he was desirous of creating progeny, sprang the various kinds of elemental creations (41). When the progeny, created by his mind, did not multiply he divided his own body into two and with the half he created man (42). With the other half he created woman and through her he engendered various kinds of progeny. He resides enveloping the heaven and earth with his own glory (43). Vishnu created a universal form which again created a Purusha: You should know him as Manu and his regeme is known as Manwantara (44). The second creation of Washishtha is called Manwantara. The great Virat Purusha created the progeny. He is the creation of Nārāyana and his progeny are not born in any sex (45). Having known this primaeval creation a man gains longevity, fame, wealth, progeny and his wished-for region (46). ⁶ The head of the family of Rishis of the same name. ⁷ Two clans representing two royal families of ancient India. ⁸ According to Sankhya _Mahat_ is the intellect. It is the intellectual principle which appertains to individual beings. _Ahankara_ is self consciousness or the consciousness of _ego_. The five subtle elements are _Akasa_ or ether, air, fire, water and earth. By them are produced the four kinds of grosser elements such as _Viviparous_ born from the womb as man and other animals; _oviparous_, or born of the egg as birds, fishes and serpents; those engendered by heat and damp as insects and worms; and those springing from the earth—as vegetables, trees &c. CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN OF MEN: THE BIRTH OF DAKSHA.