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ing on the stimniit of the mountains of Citcan, he 

 spied fourteen dead bodies, stranded on the adjacent 

 shores below. These were tlie corpses of so many 

 Mleclichas, who had been flung into the sea, by 

 their enemies, in distant countries in the west. They 

 liad been wafted by tlie winds, and were then in a 

 high state of putreftiction. Ra'ma recalled them to 

 life, imparted knowledge to them, and conferred on 

 them the Bvahmcnical ordination, and then bid them 

 perform the sacrifice. From these fourteen dead 

 men is descended the Cucanastha tribe of Mdhratds ; 

 thus called, because, since that time, they have al- 

 ways staid and remained in the Cucdn. 



There were three other individuals, whose corpses- 

 were similarly stranded, more to the northward, to- 

 ward the gulf of Camhay; and these were brought to 

 life again by a magician, and from them are de- 

 scended three tribes, one of which is the Chitpd- 

 wana; and the Rands of Udai/a-pur, with the Pesh- 

 ivaKs family, belong to it. The names of the two 

 other tribes I do not recollect. These are probably 

 the seventeen sons of Nushirva'n, supposed to have 

 been put to death by their brother Shirovyeh, and 

 the times coincide within two or three years. 



According to the Paurdnics, there was also th© 

 dead body of a camel, belonging to the fourteen 

 brothers: but of him Paras'u-Ra'ma took no notice. 

 There was a magician, v/ho wanted to perform cer- 

 tain magical rites, but could lind no Brdhme?i, that 

 would assist at these nefarious ceremonies. He took 

 some of the ribs of the camel, pronounced some 

 powerful spells, and made men of them, and more- 

 over conferred on them the sacerdotal cord. From 

 them is descended the Cdrdrd, another AIdhrdid_ 

 tribe in the Deccan. 



The Peshiva's family, of the Ckiipd:i'a?ia, wish 



