from the Ancient Books of the Hindus. 403 



•duced him to allies withu a flame from his eye: Pa'rvati' foon after pre- 

 ferred herfelf before him:in,the form of a Cirati, or daughter of a moun- 

 taineer, and, feeing him 'enamoured of her, refumed her own fbape* In. 

 the place* where they 1 were reconciled, a, grove fprang up» which was 

 named Camavanai, and the relenting god, in the character of Ca'me'swara, 

 confoled the afflicted Reti, the widow of Ca'ma, by. afluring her, that fhe 

 mould rejoin, her hufband, when he mould be born agaih iti< trie form of 

 Fradyumna, fon ffif Crisin.m and f]iould. put' Sams ar a to death, 

 This favourable pre did; ion 'wa& in due time^ accompli{hed<j and Prady- 

 xjmna having fprung to life, he was infiantlyfeizediby- the demon 'Sam- 

 bar a, who placed him in a chert, which he threw? into the ocean; but 

 a large fifh, which had f wallowed' the chert, was caught in a net, and 

 carried to the palace of a tyrant,, where, the unfortunate -Rets had. been 

 compelled to do menial fervice: it was her lot to open the- fitlv and, fee- 

 ing an infant in the chert, fhe : nurfed himi in privatei~an^;,e.^ucaj#d_ hint 

 till he had fufficient flrengthto deftroy the malignant v SAMKARA«, , ,H& had 

 before considered Reti as his mother ;, but, the minds, of.theoi I both being 

 irradiated, the prophefy of Maha'©-e7t&"Ia\ was remem'J^erfcdl' and the god 

 of Love was again united with the: god defs >M Pleafure., . (Qnetof his names 

 was Pushpadhanva, or with a fiowery bdio.; and he Ja'adiarfon Mis^A^- 

 dhanva, from whom Vijayadhanva and CiRTi©HA.Ny4 ri din<e^llv 

 fprang ; but the two laft, with whom the race ended, were furnamed 

 Caun'apa for a.reafon, which fhall.prefently be- difclofed. 



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Visvaohanva, with his., yovithfi^i companions, was hunting on. the 



tfkirts of Hima'laya,, where he faw a white elephantof an amazing fize 



with four tufks, who was difporting himself with his females.: the prince 



imagined him to be Aira'vata., the great elephant of lNDRA,aiid ordered 



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