JOURNAL 
OF 
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
No. 19.—July, 1833. 
IL—THE BIRTH OF UMA—A LEGEND OF HIMALAYA, 
By C&Auipdsa, 
(being the first Canto of his great poem the CUMARA-SAMBHAVA). 
The Sanscrit text translated into corresponding English measure, with notes and illustrations. 
ARGUMENT. 
Nature and site of HimAuaya, (1.) His pre-eminence among mountains, 
how shown, (2.) Not disparaged by frost, (3.) Description of his sublime 
appearance and various wonders, (4—16.) His designation as King 
of Mountains by Brauma, (17.) His marriage with the nymph Muna, 
(18.) Birth and description of their first-born son, the. mountain Mat- 
waca, (19, 20.) New birth, from the same pair, of Sati, once daughter 
of Daxa and wife of Siva, (21, 22, 23.) Appearance and growth of the 
beautiful daughter thus born anew, (24, 25.) Her designation as Pxrvati 
and as UMA, (26.) Prized above all things by her father Himauaya, 
(27, 28.) Her childhood and education, (29, 30.) Her more mature youth, 
(31, 32.) Description of her person, (33—50.) Her destiny as future 
wife, the second time, of Stva, made known to her father, (51, 52, 53.) 
Stva, after long mourning for Sari, comes to Himalaya to perform aus- 
terities, (54, 55.) His troop of attendant Gods described, (56,) and his Bull, 
(57.) Stva then commencing his austerities, (58,) is worshipped by Himk- 
LayA, (59,) and at his command by his daughter Parvati; whose influence 
on Siva, together with Stva’s influence on her, are described, (60, 61.) 
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