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seem popular versions, or rather aibrldgemcnts, of 

 the (hfferent parts of the MahahJiarata ; some of 

 which, in reahty, give the outline of the stoiy, as 

 faithfully as the^ popular abricl^enients of it, which 

 I have perused in Mahrata, Tamul or Tel'mga. I 

 am only acquainted with the following Malay Hi^ 

 haiats of this class : Pindawa Lima, the -^tory of thfc 

 five Pandas ; Pindawa Jaya, the victory of the Pan- 

 dus ; Pindawa Be?juddi, the gaming of the Pandus; 

 Pindawa Pitijam bait, the Pandus borrowing a Pa^ 

 lace; Pindawa berjexval kapur^ the Pandus selling 

 lime. The Hikaiat Maha Raja Buma of Pmichu 

 Nikassan^ or account of the contest between Brahma 

 and Vishnu, professes to be translated from the 

 Keling of the dramatist MungakartaNiga'ra. The 

 Sah-Sipundia, or history of a Keling Rajah, is pro- 

 bably derived from th& same source. The Hikaiat 

 Sri Rama is reckoned a Susupun story, as are the 

 Kusoma Indra or history of Indra, the Baiinta Sena, 

 the Sah Kobut, or history of the war with the Apes, 

 the Rajah iilar Ninggawong, the Hikaiat Bida Sari, 

 the Hikaiat Raja Pikermadi or Vicramaditya 

 Cheritra, the Hikaiat Derma Rajah, and the Hi^ 

 kaiat Kalil o Damna or Malay version of the Ka lit o 

 Dumna. 



The following are Javanese relations, the Hikaiat 

 Chikkil JVunnungputti Rajah of Kirripun, in the in- 

 terior of Java, the Hikaiat Jarana Tamasa, or the 

 love of adventures of a chieftain of Minjapakit, in 

 Java, Composed by Andika, the Kildna Pei^bujaya 

 Cheritra, or story of a prince of Kirripiin^ the Misa 

 Perbujaya Cheritra^ the Misa Kiamong Cheritra, or 

 history of a Princess of Daha, in Java, carried off by 

 tTiMu'NGU'NG Bapang Chakar Bima, and rescued by 



