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in 1783, he founded Bengal Asiatick

Society in 1784 (and remained its presi-

dent till 1794). He studied Sanskrit, and

produced the first translations into

English of Kälidäsa’s Ÿakuntalä,

Manusmøti, Hitopadeÿa, Gïtagovinda.

justice

See DHARMA.

Jye•flhä

South Indian goddess, identified with

Sïtalä, the goddess of smallpox.

jyotir-liöga (‘liögamade of light’)

Twelve LI¢GAS(3) in famous places of

pilgrimage (e.g. Kedarnäflh in the

Himälayas), said to have come into

existence without human agency, man-

ifesting special potency. (See also

SVAYAMBHÜ.)

jyoti•a

SeeASTROLOGY.

jyoti•floma

A special Vedic SACRIFICEfor the deceased.

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