The Vedic fathers of geology

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GroLogicaL Resutts ComparReD. 131

the Boar ( 4%r@: ), the fourth of the Man-Lion (axtda: ), the fifth of the Dwarf-Wamana (ataa: ) or Man, and so on, is nothing more than a metaphorical expression of the successive: phases of geological evolution and development in the ascending order, from the Fish to the perfect type of Man, the crowning piece of creation. ( Vide ante pp. 89 @ 91, 112, 118, 116, 130).