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o^ Prat'ishtan'a, when fifty of his relations (the heads 

 of whom were IM \ha'bhata, and his four confiden- 

 tial associates, Maha'-vIra-ba'hu, or Maha'-ba'hu, 

 Su-£a'hu, Su-bha'ta, and Preta'pa'ditya, all maha- - 

 balas, strong and valiant men), surrounded him with 

 a nt.'iiierous army of Mahabkatadicas, or Muhamme- 

 dews. He effected his escape with much difficulty, 

 and fled to Ujjaijmi, where lie concealed himself in 

 the house ot a rich merchant, who with his wealth 

 enabled him to raise another army, when he attacked 

 the Mahabhatadicas, und gained a complete victory. 

 In the mean tirrc, his wife Sa'sile'c'ha', having 

 heen informed th.at her lord had been killed in battle, 

 burned herself. The n_erchant"s son having .been 

 coniiiied by the king of Ujj'iyim, Vicrama-sinha, 

 ar the head of his .univ, set hm^^at liberty, and then 

 returned to his own capital Patali-putra'pura, or 

 Faf}M. li is s.icl, in the third story of the Vetdla- 

 panciia-viiisatL that Maha'-bhata', or Maha-ra'hu» 

 A\a'^; fron] Anauoapura, in Ananga-de'sa, or country 

 of Ananga; the same with Ca'madeva, which 

 Pandits suppose to be toward the west. Muham- 

 MED is said to be the grandson of a king of India: - 

 hence he is called a relation of Vicrama'ditya. 



In the seventh section of the Vrihat-cafha^ we 

 read, that there was a king of Patcdi-putra-pura^ 

 called Vicrama'ditya, who, hearing of the growing 

 power of Nrisinha, king of the consecrated city, or 

 Pratishtdna, called to his assistance the Gqja-patiy 

 (lord of the elephants, or kingof TiZ'e^), and the J sva- 

 pati (lord of liorses or horsemen, or the king o^ Persia). 

 The confederates took the field ; but were defeated 

 by Nrisin HA-XRiPA or Sa'liva'uana, with an in- 

 credible slaughter. Vicramaditva fled with the 

 utmost precipitation to Pat ali-putra ; but meditating 

 vengeance, he (Hsgmsed himself like a caipati, or 

 man who carries ail over India the holy water of the 

 Ganges^ and went to Fratish'tdn'a. There he was 



