[19] Ai or Aya is the goddess Kámákyá of Kanirup, vis genetrix naturæ, typed by the Bhaga or Yoni.
[20] Dhámi, in Bodo. Dom, in other allied dialects.
[21] Decline and Fall, vol. viii.
[22] Klaproth, Memoires relatifs à l'Asie, iii.
[23] Zeuss, v. Avari.
[24] Decline and Fall, vol. v.
[25] Lucian, Toxaris 31. From Zeuss, v. Alani.
[26] 1. The determination of the language to which the name of any nation mentioned in history belongs is of primary importance. Perhaps there is not one fourth of the tribes described by writers, either ancient or modern, whereof the name is native; e.g., the terms Welsh and German are unknown in Wales and Germany; whilst an Englishman is a Saxon in the Principality and in Ireland. For ascertaining whether a name be native or not the two following rules are useful.
Rule 1. When two different nations speak of a third by the same name the primâ facie evidence is in favour of that name being the native one.
Rule 2. When one nation speaks of two others under the same name, the primâ facie evidence is against that name being the native one.