45b ON SANSCRIT AND 



jjiind, now perishes. Ah fond molher! thou t«o art slain hy 

 the evil sport of fate. i\h venerable priestess ; who lived but 

 •or Ma L ATI ; whose every effort was for my prosperity ; 

 thou hast been taught by thy fondness, a lasting sorrow. Ah 

 gentle Lavangica ! I have been shown to thee but as in a 

 dream '.' 



Ma'd'h.] ' Suveiy it is she. Then I find her living.* 



Capa'lAcun'dala' •worsbippivg the 7V0/ Cara la .] *I 

 bow to thee, divine Cha'mun da.' 



" I revere thy sport, which delights the happy court of 

 Siva, while the g'ob':' of the earih, sinking under the weight 

 of thy slampinir foot, depresses the shell of the tortoise and 

 shales one portion of theuniverse, whence the ocean retires 

 within a deep absvs that rivals hell f." 



*• May thy vehement dance contribute to our success and 

 satisfaction ; amidst the praise of attendant spirits astonished 

 bv the loud laugh issuing from thy necklace of heads which 

 are animated by the immortalizing liquid that drops from the 

 moon in ihy crest fracured by ihe nails of the elephant's hide 

 round thy waist, swinging to tl}e violence of thy gestures : 

 while mountains are overthrown by the jerk of thy arm, ter- 

 rible for the flashes of empoisoned riame which issue from the 

 expanded heads of hissing serpents closely entwined. The 

 region cf space mean lime are contracted, as within a circle 

 marktd by a flaming brand, by the rolling of thy head terri- 

 ■fick for the wide ilame of thy eye red as raging fire. The 

 stars are scattered by the flag that waves at the extremity of 

 the vast skeleton which thou bearest. And the three-eyed 

 god exults in the close embrace of Gauri frightened by the 

 cries of ghosts and spirits triumphant J." 



They holh ho-iv before the idol. 



♦ r,u:tra. [Si-.E Plati; D. Ki<:. T-J 



i Sardula vicruiha. [Ske Plate D. Fig. 8,] 



+ The original stanzu is in Dan daca metre ; of the species deno- 

 tninated Prachita -.ind S'mhavicravta. The verse contains 18 fert (2 

 Tra. 1<) C ) or 54 syiliibles, end the stanza comprises 2l6 syllables. 



[Se* Pjlatf. D. Fig. Q.] ' 



