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or eternal bliss, on them : for this purposehe assumed 

 the character and countenance of Mo'cshe'swara or 

 Is war a, who bestows Mocshci; and directed his con- 

 sort Capo'te'si, who is also called Maha-bhdga, to go 

 to Vahni-sVhan i on the borders of Cusha-duipa : there 

 to make Tapasya y in order to destroy the long grass. 

 Accordingly she went into Vahni-st'hdn ; and that she 

 might effect it without trouble to herself, she assumed 

 another form: from which circumstance she was named 

 Ana'ya'sa'. In this character she seated herself on a 

 beautiful hill, and there made Tapasyd for many days. 

 At last fire sprung from her devotion, and its presiding 

 power standing before her, she directed him to destroy 

 the Cusha ; when the hills were soon in a blaze, and 

 the Tavanas and other MUch'has obtaining Mocsha, 

 were reunited to the Supreme Being, without labour 

 or effect on their part j that is to say, they were in- 

 volved in the general conflagration and destroyed. 



When the grass wao consumed, Ana'ya'sa order- 

 ed the clouds to gather and pour their waters on the 

 land, which was soon overflowed. The waters then 

 retired, and the four great tribes came into Cusha-diup, 

 where they soon formed apowerful nation, and became 

 rich and happy. After the conflagration, all sorts of 

 metals and precious stones were found throughont the 

 country. The countenance of Ana'ya'sa'-de'vi is 

 that of fire ; and a most divine form it is. 



The inhabitants soon after deviating from the paths 

 of rectitude, became like the Mlecfrhas: and the Ta- 

 vanas re-entered Cusha- duip % plundering and laying 



waste the whole country. The four tribes applied to 



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