Major Tod, on an Inscription atMadhiicarghar. 225 



ocean by magnetic or other attractive influence ; and Deva-raja descends 

 into the deep to discover the cause, and finds a submarine temple, dedicated 

 to 'Adinat'ha, and a second Circe, the priestess of worship. 



With her he enters into conversation, and she relates a long story, of the 

 first created A'di nat'ha, the first Lord ; of his two sons, Bharata, who 

 got the kingdom of Bharata-Klianda and capital Aybdhya, and Bahubala, 

 or " strong-armed," who wandered forth. With this the Jaina genealogies 

 always commence. 



For some improper familiarity, this Nereid consumes Deva-raja to 

 ashes ; but somehow he gets translated to the abode of Indra, who com- 

 passionately restores his shape, and sends him back to earth, and punishes 

 the sea-nymph by giving her a terrestrial form. She finds her way to the 

 Prdmdra's capital, and becomes the wife of Bhoja : her name was Bhan- 

 uMAxi ; and on her account, afterwards, the sage Vararuchi falls into 

 disgrace. 



The sons, after much wandering, find their way back to Dhdrd. Bhoja 

 receives them with affection, and gives the elder the title of Yuvardja, a 

 title bestowed on those princes, who are associated to the empire and 

 designated as successors to the throne. This was very common in ancient, 

 and far from uncommon in modern, times. Satiety, or any one in the range 

 of the passions, might lead to it. The dangers, they said, to eternal 

 welfare of sovereigns, made it a common thing with them, having tasted 

 the pleasures and pains of empire, to abdicate and to compound with 

 Heaven in time, by pilgrimage and alms. I have heard a prince (the Rmid 

 of Udayapur), one of the best informed and best read, say of himself and 

 all who wore the diadem, that they were " Naraca-ca-putra," children of 

 hell, for let them do what they could, they sanctioned injustice and a dire 

 host of evils. Sickness, accordingly, to an Asiatic prince, is a holiday to 

 all those " who extend the palm." 



I need add no more from the Charitra, and my imperfect analysis of its 

 contents ; and here I shall conclude my remarks on the Prdmdras. 



