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Other columns were ereaed, perhaps, as Gnomons, and others, poffibly, toreprefent the phallus oHswa- 

 »a, but thofe called Jayafiambhas, or Pillars of Viaory, tome of which remain to this day with metrical 

 infcriptions, are raoft frequently mentioned by the ancient poets of India. 



23. He proceeded continually, as the Taw prefcribes, for the attainment 

 of greatnefs and profperity, to all the terreftrial feats of the Gods and places 

 of pilgrimage, theflrft of which were Canchl, Srifaila, mount S6na, Canaca- 



fabha, or the Golden Court, and Vencatadri ; where he difpenfed many 

 offerings, as a man's weight of gold, and the like, together with all the 

 fmaller oblations, which are fpecified in the Agama*. 



NOTE. 



Thb A'gama is a myfterious book, or fet of books, part of which has been communicated to me by 2 

 Shnnyasi of Mat'hura : it is fo named, becaufe it is believed to have come from the mouth of Si va, as the 

 V*das proceeded feverally from the four mouths of Brahma' The fame word means alfo the Veda. 



24. When he is enraged, he becomes a rod topunim guilty fovereigns : 

 when he afTumes the arm of Se'sha, he acts as the chief preferver of this 

 globe: he. fmiles with a placid cheek, when juflr princes addrefs him j but 

 rages in battle, when he. relieves opprelTed nations who. afk his pro- 

 tection... 



n o r e.. 



Se'sha is the king of Serpents, the couch of Vishnu, and the fymbol of Eternity. The meafure of this 

 Aimed couplet is daclylick, and each of its four divisions begins- and ends with a fimilar found ; as, . 



Rojba critah pretipart'hiva , 



Tijba cridart'hifliu yo rana ckanda. 



15. Justly is he ftyled Rajddhirdja, fince he is the fupreme ruler of 

 rulers, cffering a mild cheek to the princes of Miiru, but filling other kings 

 with terrour,. 



