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descent of certain deities from the abodes of the Thewdtda, who are allured 
from their starry habitations by the sweet scent arising from the crust of 
the new-born earth. 
The Devatas are believed to be spirits which have formerly animated 
mortal frames; and when the periods, during which they have been judged 
worthy to enjoy bliss in heaven, on account of their virtues, have respectively 
drawn to a close, they must again return to the earth to undergo probations 
in new states of existence.* 
No. 23. 
Rasa NAca, or Puria NAx, who is the famous king of the snakes 
AwnanTA, whose abode is below this earth, in Patala. 
According to the Siamese, Patala is supposed to lie below the waters, in 
Bai-dan, or Pandalon. 
We may be assured that the history of the snake kings alludes to an 
earthly dynasty. In the Bali Milinda there is a race of such kings 
described. Of these the following seven, owing to their sanctity, are not 
liable to be pecked up by the great bird Garupa, or K,nrut, viz. 
1. Panthara, or Banduttara. 
2. Kumb,halatara. 
3. That,ha Rattha. 
4, Sattawé. 
5. Thantara Wast. 
6. Bapp hataka. 
7. Pat, hawitaka. 
* In the Bali works, Milinda Raja and Ratana Kalapa, the Manutsa are divided into four 
classes; viz. 
1. Manutsa Merayéka, who sin by killing living things. 
2. Preta, who wander about in poverty and distress, like ghosts. 
3. Téra-chana, who are like beasts, and despise human institutions. 
4. Manussa, who discriminate betwixt good and evil, and adhere to virtue. 
Their ideas, conveyed in the latter work regarding original sin, may be gathered from the 
following curious passages : 
Some mothers go seven months only with child, and they eat acid things: it must be deemed 
that their children are animated by souls which have escaped from Naraka, or hell. Others eat 
clay, and go eight months with child; their children get souls from the Prettas, or spirits. 
Some eat leaves, grass, and the like ; they give birth in nine months to children, whose souls are 
derived from animals. And lastly, many pregnant women eat flesh, and after ten months give 
birth to children, whose souls are derived from the human species. 
