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her fourteenth year and see birth to two sons, Vishu Sinha and 
Sishu Sinha mentioned a 
whom sprang the Cooch Behar and 
whole account as embodied in the staredaid works. The myt th 5, 
in a nutshell is this: Once upon a time the goddess Bhagavati 
asked Mahadeva, after bowing her head to him in due reverence, 
“O God of gods, x long to hear the origin of Hira Kochni and the 
Koches generally be gracious enough, O Lord, to scanin, 
their full history ant “thardy satisfy my ee ke Where 
at Kémapitha. They became narrow-minded and prone to low 
desires by a prolonged stay at that place. They called themselves 
‘Sankocha’ whenever inquired about their caste. From this 
Hiré Kochni was in her purva-janma® a yogini named Madhavi. 
She was born of Koch parents through the curse of a Brahmin. 
Hira tried to secure me for her husband in her purva-janma by 
propitiating me by hard asceticism and constant prayer. While 
she was thus rapt in her devotion, there came a Brahmin at her 
Madhavi sprung fou a Koch Saki through the curse of 
Brahmin.” 
It is hard to refrain from laughing as we come across the 
| According to the author of the Ree ie ee and s aeons ae 
torians, Vishu (or Viswa) Sinha wa : ; , 
corresponding with a.p. 1502. But the date of birth of iden is ‘not well 
nown. we a 
Sishu was not born earlier than 909 B.E., 4-¢-, A-D 
approximate conjecture. The dates given in the Batu Fanse agen 
accounts are erroneous, 
2“ Parasurama bhayat kshatri 
Sankochaét Kocha Uchyatey.” 
—Yogini Tantram. 
ed controversy on this doctrine. 
8 There is an endless series of heat + betore: the present earthly 
Purva-janma signifies a previous life existin 
existen 
Origin of Hira 
