VICRA^^IADITYA AND SALI VAIIAh^A. 1£7 



(.lev 11, in order to destroy Vicramaditya. Maha'- 

 DEVA became incarnated in the person of Tri-Vicra- 

 ]\iA, at UJjai/uii, or rather Praiisht'anay on the follow- 

 ing occasion. The gods, that is to say, the Brdh- 

 mens and Hindus, being vexed by the Mledihas, or 

 foreign and impure tribes, went in a body to CaiUisa^ 

 to Maha'-de'va, to whom they said, you and Vishnu 

 liave destroyed the Jsicras, or Diutyas, but these arc 

 hoin again on earth as Mlecfihas. They vex the 

 ripras, or Brakmc?is, and will not allow the perform- 

 ance of religious rites and sacrifices, destroying all 

 the religious instruments, and other requisites : they 

 even carry away tlie daughters of holy Jl/unis. In 

 consequence of this remonstrance, Tripura'ri, or 

 ]\Iaha'-deva, was incarnate, in the house of Sura- 



?vfAIIE'.VDRA'DrTYA-jAGAT.TAYA, HtUjjai/int, wllO WaS 



making Tapasija, to obtain a son. As soon as his wife 

 had conceived, the heavenly host came down to wor- 

 ship her. The high-priest and prime minister, who were 

 also childless, obtained each a son ; and young Vi- 

 CRAMA'DiTYA, callcd also Vi-SAMAs'iLA in tliis place, 

 soon surpassed his teachers in learning and wisdom. 



The old king resigned the throne to him, and then 

 withdrew to Benares ; and Vicrama'ditya became 

 king of heaven, hell, and earth : the genii and de- 

 mons were obedient to him, and his fame reached the 

 J J' kite island in the sea of milk, or JFhitesea. His ge- 

 neral, Vicrama-s'acti, conquered Dacshina-patha^ 

 (or the Deckin,) Madliya-des'a, (or the inland parts 

 of India,) Cdsmir and Saurashtra, (or Soret,) and 

 the countries to the east of the Ganges. He forced 

 Vira-se'na-Sinha'lesVara, or the king o'i Sinhala^ 

 or Ceylon, to sue for peace, and to give him his 

 daughter, and Ciit'aca, (or Cuttaca,) was obliged, at 

 last, to submit. He extirpated several tribes of 

 Mlecfihas, and others surrendered at discretion. He 

 married, at Ujjayini, three wives, Gun'Avati, Chan- 

 3>RA'vATi, and Madana-sunda'ri : wishing to marry 



