They say that Adam after his fall from Paradise was thrown on the island of Ceylon, his consort on Juddah,* Azráíl in Sístán, the Serpent in Ispáhán, and the Peacock in Hindustan. Imaginative writers have embel­lished this fable with abundant details, but in Sanscrit works which treat of the events of myriads of past ages not a trace of this story is to be found.