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III. Diiruva. He had by his firft wife two Ions, 

 Va-^sara and Calmavatsara ; by I la he had a 

 fon called Utcala, and a daughter. 



IV. Vatsara, by his wife Swacatat had fix fobs, 

 the eldeft of whom was called PrsupA'RN a. 



V. Pusiipa'rna had by his wife Dosha three ferns, 

 and by Nai/wala^ ChacshushAj who became a 

 Menu. 



VI. Chachusiia had twelve fons, the eldeft of whom 

 was called Ulmaca. 



VII. Ulmaca had fix fqns, the eldeft of whom was 



AnGA. 



VIII; Ang'a had an only fon called Vena. 



IX. Vena, being an impious and tyrannical prince, 

 was curled by the Bra'hmens ; in confequence of 

 which curfe he died without leaving iifue. To 

 remedy this evil they opened his left arm, and with 

 a itick churned the humours till they at la ft: pro- 

 duced a fon, who proved as wicked as his father, 

 and was of courfe let ailde : then opening the fight 

 arm, they churned till they produced a beautiful 

 boy, who proved to be a form of Vishnu under 

 the name of Prithu. 



X. Prithu. Gods and men came to make obei- 

 fance to him, and celebrate his appearance on 

 earth. He married a form of the goddefs 

 Lacshmi. In his time, the earth having re- 

 tried to give her wonted fupplies to mankind, 



Q 3 Prithu 



