It has been the wonder of ages, what became of this vaft body of Scythians after this defeat. Some undoubtedly fled northward to Touran, where their defcendants ftill remain; but none re-paffed the Chains of Caucafus: for ages the Southern Scythians or Perfians had been at war with the Northern Scythians, representing them as Demons, and always refpecting them as Barbarians. Others fled to Dor and the borders of the Mediterranean, from whence they paffed to Sicily, to Spain, and to Ireland. Others fled to Tyre and Scythopolis, and were at length obliged to take the fame route. In 634th year before Christ they defeated Cyaxares before Nin; in 624 they invaded Media and Lydia; in 596 they were expelled from Afia; and in 571 Nebuchadnezzar took Tyre, and gave them and the Tyrians a general routing. Another proof of an Oriental colony in Ireland, may be drawn from the great affinity of the old Irish with the Sanferite or Hindoftan language, particularly in theological terms; a strong proof, in our opinion, of the Bramins deriving their origin from the Tuatha Dadann of Irish history, being a mixture of the Southern Scythians with the Dedanites of Chaldæa :-To mention a few: Brimha, Om an emblem of the Om, Uam, Owim The Sancrit word implies a myftic emblem of the Deity, and is forbidden to be pronounced but in filence. The Irish word fignifies fear, terror, and is derived from the Chaldee N Aiam, formidabilis, of the fame fignification as the Cabbalistical NN egla, Irish eagla, fear, terror. Hence in Hebrew Ema, Emata, terror, plur. Emota, Idola quafi Terricula and in Jerem. c. 50. v. 38. Aimim, Idola, Gigantes, quafi terrifici, Irish Amh. Hence the divine Oifhin of the Perfifians, Guebres and Irifh, is called Mac Om. Oofana or Sookra, the rits Uifean the Fallen Angel, the humbled one, otherwife called Socrai or Socraidh, i. e. Legion Sat IRISH. HINDOSTAN. Sat a name of Brahm Seathar God Obatar bah Beter-leach the Old Law, the Old Teftament; Arabice Betarick a Patriarch The Obatar bah is written in a language now obfolete: few Brahmins pretend to read it, whether from its antiquity or being in an uncommon dialect of the Shanfcrite, is hard to determine. Obatar bah fignifies the ancient, good. Krifhen one of the thou- Krifhean holy, a Prieft fand names of God, from Krifh giving, ana joy Surg heaven Gnan, Gneya, Parcegnata, wifdom, the fuperintending Spirit of wifdom Soirke the celeftial light. Gnatk, Gna, Phear-gnath Varoon God of the ocean Fear-own, Fear-amhna Nark Hell Nearac miferable Yóg mental application in Ogh, Oighe Spiritual things Moha HNDOSTAN. Moha folly IRISH. Madha Karma the creative qua- 2. Crom-cruath the great lity of Krishna Deity of the Irish, as cruath fignifies an image, a likeness, &c. Véd learning, the Sacred Fead, fiod, fadh, learning It is very remarkable that Méroo in the Sancrite, and Mol in the Irifh, do both fignify an axis; as in Irish Mol Muilinn, the axis or beam that fets a mill in motion. Bhreegoo one of the first- Brig Nature, Brighid the created beings, produc- Goddess prefiding over ed from the mind of poetry, &c. HINDOSTAN. Greefhma hot feafon IRISH. Gris-mi The above are taken from Mr. Holwell's differtation on the Brahmins in Dowe's Hindoftan, and from the Bhegvat-Geeta of Mr. Wilkins. A gentleman very well fkilled in the Hindoftanic language is now about collecting whatever has been written on the Sancrite; from his knowledge and labours we may expect to find more information. (a) In the mean time we have made a collation with the Irish and Hindoftanic from the fmall vocabulary given of that language by the learned Millius. (b) (a) Mr. Marsden, author of the history of Sumatra. (b) Differt. Select varia. S. Litter. & Antiq. Orientis Capita expon. p. 510. A a Angoer |