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will submit to thy power, as well as good and wicked 

 spirits." Then JVIaha'de'va appeared to the father, 

 informing him, that his wife would conceive, and 

 the fruit of her womb be an incarnation of the deity: 

 and he directed that his name should be Vicrama. 

 When his mother had conceived, she became resplen- 

 dent like the morning sun; and this resplendence 

 answeis to the Nur of the Muselmans, from which 

 IssA proceeded. Immediately all the heavenly 

 spirits came down to bow to her, and worship her. 

 When the child was born, the celestial music was 

 lieard, and a shower of flowers took place. The high 

 priest, w4io was childless, obtained also a son, as well 

 as the prime minister. 



In the legends relating to \Sa'liva'iiana, it is in 

 general asserted, that his mother being found with 

 child, her character suffered so much, that her two 

 brothers, through shame, left their native country. 



In the present legend, Sa'liva'hana, under th^ 

 name of Vj-Sama-'Sila with the triple energy, is 

 represented as the son of a King, and as residing at 

 Fratisht'ana^ the consecrated city, or Saileyam. We 

 are then informed, that young Vi-Sama-Sila made 

 a surprising progress in learning, and soon surpassed 

 his teachers. His father then resigned the king- 

 dom to him, and Sama-Sila became king of heaven, 

 earth and hell ; all spirits, good and bad, obeyed his 

 orders ; his resplendence was like that of the sun, 

 and his fame reached the White Island in the fVhite 

 Sea. The scene is then transferred to Ujjain, where 

 he appears like Vicrama'ditya : then follows a mi- 

 nute account of his words ; but even then, there is 



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