432 Major Delamaine on the Srawacs oi- Jains. 



were concealed therein, saying, a prince was little acquainted with these 

 matters : but Parswanat'ha broke the stick, upon which the snakes escaped, 

 and approached and worshipped him*; they became Dharanidhara, and 

 Padmavati. Tlie multitude tlien applauded the Jain faith ; and Camita, 

 ashamed, sneaked away. 



Jagannat'ha (/. e. Parswanat'ha) then walked on foot, and crossing the 

 Ganges, removed the accumulated sins of that river.t This had been 

 refused to Ganga Devi ; but Sahasra Miic'ha (the one thousand mouths, an 

 epitiiet of the Ganges) apprised Indra, that Sri Parswanat'ha, residing five 

 crosa from Benares, who never spoke ill of another, who never coveted the 

 wife or property of another, who never became the enemy of another, was 

 fit to accomplisii it : and the river was purified when the foot of Parswa- 

 nat'ha was placed in it. 



The Rdjd now learned, that at Cusast'Jialapjir, a city in the west, Nar- 

 avartamana had become a proselyte to' the Jain fliith, and vacated the 

 tin-one in favour of Basenajita. This Baslnajita had a beautiful daughter, 

 named Prabhavati, for whom he was anxious to obtain a suitable match. 

 Parswanat'ha proved so, and after due solemnities married her.t 



Parswanat'ha, during a journey to lianga-hdt, took occasion to re- 

 late to his wife the tale of Nemi Nat'ha, who, having prepared for his 

 wedding, anticipating the destruction of animal life that would in various 

 ways ensue, became disgusted with the world and its usages, returned liome 

 without marrying, retired to the hill of Girandr,\\ and became a devotee. 

 Pakswanat'ha added, that he should follow the example. From this Pra- 



* S.iLivAiiAN too, at five years of age, defeated his teachers in discussion, and used to play 

 w ith snakes. ( U'llford.) 



f The Jains, I am informed, do not hold rivers sacred, nor have they lirt'has (places of pil- 

 grimage) upon them. 



I Captain Mahoney, from Singhalese authority, says Gautama, son of SOddhodaka, 

 married Yasodra, and kept forty thousand concubines. The Islamabad inscription says, Sacya 

 married Vasutaha. These appear to be the same with Vasudrii, the wife of Parswanat'ha in 

 his first form. Dr. Buchanan informs us that tlie traditi ins of Godama (Gautama) are so 

 various in the Burma dominions, that none can be considered matter for historical conclusion : 

 tliey are all, however, evidently a jumble from the same source. ( Ward, Sfc.) 



II I am told that the hill of Giranar, at Jiinagarh in Katiawar, is still in great repute, and un- 

 dergoing considerable improvement ; that there is, among other figures to be seen there, a gigan- 

 tic one of parswanat'ha, though from what has been mentioned of Cunda Cund Acharya's visit. 



