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Section 14. — Account o/Manikya Chendu, a trader, a Jaina inha- 

 bitant of Calicut. 



The statement is written by Manikya, who derives his ancestry from 

 Gujerat where his forefathers were traders, and of the Jaina religion. 

 The account is very brief. 



Section 15. — Account of Musat % chief Inhabitant of Mangatambalam, 

 a village in the Malayala country. 

 A reply to questions the same as proposed to other classes of people. 

 They have no inscriptions. Parasu Rama formed the country into 

 sixty-four districts ; but did not establish any images or fanes. These 

 were afterwards formed by Cheruman Perumal, and the brahmans. 

 In Tuluva there were 32 village districts, and 32 in Malay alam proper. 

 The people of this village came originally from Rama Natha Kara. 

 Parasu Rama, when he brought them hither, promised to them pro- 

 tection, whenever they should think of him; and then went away. 

 They wished to try his veracity, and called him without necessity ; on 

 which he testified great anger, and, saying he w T ould not on any account 

 come among them again, disappeared. Legend of the origin of a fane 

 at Muriyur, founded on the circumstance of a stone giving out blood, 

 when used as a whetstone. Some particulars are given of the extent 

 and proceeds of the land possessed by the writer, named Musat a, a 

 chief man and belonging to one of the six subdivisions of the Nambilri 

 brahmans. 



Section 1.6. — Account of Panniyur village in the Cuta-nad district. 

 No inscriptions : a reference to the location of brahmans by Parasu 

 Rama at Rama nad (said to be near Calicut, or distant from it about 

 8 miles) and to local arrangements made. In reference to an inquiry 

 as to some disabilities to which the brahmans of this village are liable, 

 the reply traces up the occasion to an Agnihotra, or kind of sacrifice, 

 at which a king of Calicut named Sam and a refused to allow these 

 brahmans to assist ; and he died without offspring, in consequence of the 

 anger of brahmans, which he thereby incurred. There are some few 

 other connected details. The dates of a particular sacrifice ; of the es- 

 tablishment of an idol named Varaha svami, and of the ascendancy of 

 the Muhammadans, are given ; but with some added expression of un - 

 certainty. In reply to another inquiry, as to the cause of the aforesaid 

 king's rejection of the brahmans, an answer is given, deducing it from 

 their unwillingness to give up ancient rights by concessions to the raja 

 of Calicut. The ascendancy of the Bauddhas is noted; concerning 

 whom a council of brahmans was held ; and a Jangama rishis advice 

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