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so famous. At that time it is said to have come into the possession of 

 the raja Udiyar of Mysore. 



The manuscript is for the most part free from the mythological fable 

 which usually disfigures Hindu documents, and is well supported by 

 dates ; in general referred to inscriptions which are mentioned ; and 

 many grants of land are specified with such reference. On the whole 

 this is one of the best, and most valuable manuscripts in the collection. 

 A more full abstract is not here given seeing that sometime since, I 

 translated the whole ; and intend to transmit a copy of it to the Bengal 

 Asiatic Society for insertion, if thought worthy by them of such dis- 

 tinction, in the transactions of that illustrious Society. 



Professor Wilson's notice of this manuscript will be found in Des. 

 Cat. Vol. I. p. 198. 

 Books of Manuscripts on paper. Book No. 12, countermark 766. 



Section 1. — The universal deluge according to the account of the 

 Jaina people in the Chettupat district, 



The account was given by one named Cavunde'svarer. There are 

 some geographical details of the neighbourhood of the Himalaya 

 mountains, with chronological definitions dealing in magnificent periods 

 of time, and narrating changes of those periods. Bounds of Dherma 

 Cdndam, and MlechcKha Cdndam. The period of great heat — of fire 

 — ra in — previous to the deluge ; then other kinds of showers — among 

 them of sugarcane juice — of poison — quintessence of poison ; by which 

 means the earth sinks down depressed. Then come showers of milk — 

 nectar — water, and afterwards the earth becomes restored : grass, 

 plants, shrubs, &c. re~appear. Men also again inhabit the earth, who 

 dwell on it and increase. After forty thousand years, the Menus, and 

 Chacravertis are born, and continue to rule. Then comes a period of 

 twenty crores of crores of years, at the close of which the seven kinds 

 of showers, as before, introduce the yuga praldya> or periodical deluge. 

 Certain other changes occur down to the year 2480 of the kali-yugn f 

 corresponding with the year of the era ofSalivdhana 1739 (A. D. 1817 

 when possibly the account was given). After another 18,000 years, 

 there will be extreme heat for 21,000 years, and then in the Dherma 

 Cdndam only, the fire showers falling, will be followed by the periodi- 

 cal deluge. 



Note. This short paper is in Tamil strangely mingled with Prakrit; 

 and the writing is so much faded as to be with difficulty legible. It 

 contains the most extravagant exaggerations ; but illustrates obscure 

 expressions in other manuscripts, as to fire-showers ; and may be 



