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22. May the King of Serpents residing with his train in the Adhara 

 lake : may Vighnantaka : may the five Lords of the three worlds 

 named, Ananda Lokeswara, Harihari-hari-vahana lokeswara, Yaksha 

 malla lokeswara, Amoghapasa lokeswara, and Trilokavasankara lo- 

 keswara, be propitious to us all. I adore them. 



22. The legend is the same with that alluded to in stanzas 6, 7, and 24. The ser- 

 pent King is named Karkotaka, his realm formerly extended all over the valley whilst 

 it was submerged in water. Now he dwells in a tank near the town of Cathmandu 

 assigned to him by Manja Nath, when Manja, let off the waters that covered Nipal. 

 The Adhara lake or tank is called in Newari, Ta Dahong. 



The five Lokeswaras are Bodhisatwas. Ananta is called in Newari, Chobha Deo, 

 and Yaksha Malla, Tuyu Khwa. 



23. May the esoteric deities named Hevajra, Samvara, Chandavira, 

 Trilokivira, Yogambara, with their several attendants : may Yaman- 

 taka and the other nine Kings of wrath, be propitious to us : may the 

 exoteric divinities Aparimitayu and the rest, Namsangiti and the rest, 

 be propitious to us. I adore them. 



23. The esoteric deities enumerated first, belong to the Swobhavika sect. Aparimi- 

 tayu is in Buddha, and his associates as follows : — 



1. Aparimita Gun, Buddha. 5. Suryottajna Prabhasa, Buddha. 



2. Guna Ratna Sri, ditto. 6. Vahuvihita Teja, ditto. 



3. Aparimita Parti, ditto. 7. Asaukheya Kalpa, ditto. 



4. Sahasreswara Megha, ditto. 8. Subha Kanaka, ditto. 

 Namsangiti is also a Buddha, and his associates as follows: — 



1. Dridha Surya, Buddha. 3. Supuspita, Buddah. 



2. Bhaishajna Guru, ditto. 4. Ratna Keta, ditto. 



24. May Manja Deva, who having come from mount Sirsha with 

 his wives and two Devis divided the southern mountain with his 

 scimitar, built the town of Manja Pattan for the pleasant abode of the 

 human race, and worshipped the deity sitting on the lotus, be propi- 

 tious to us all. I adore him. 



24. The language, physiognomy, architecture, manners and customs of the Newars 

 clearly prove their Northern extraction, and in the Sambhu Puran, a person called 

 Manja Ghok is distinctly related to have led a colony into Nipal from China: for 

 Sirsha Parvata is said to be situated in China, meaning probably Bhote. The making 

 Manja a Dhyani or Celestial Bodhisatwa is a mere trick of modern superstition. The 

 town of Manj Pattan founded by Manja has perished, but tradition still gives it 

 a locality half way between mount Sambhu and the Paspati wood, and tradition 

 is countenanced by the fact, that at this day quantities of building materials are often 

 dug up on the assumed site of the town. 



