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time after, that the city was beiieged by two kings of the Ddnavas with a nu- 

 merous army; but CaPE'Y ana's entirely defeated them: the venerable mo- 

 narch met his brave fon in law returning with conqueil, and, having refigned 

 the throne to him, went to the banks of the Call, accompanied by his wife, 

 and entered with her into the third order, called Tanaprefthd, or that of her- 

 mits, in which they paffed the remainder of their lives, and, after death, ob- 

 tained lay a, or union with the fuprcme fpirit ; whence their Nation was named 

 Layajl'han, Or Layavat), and was vifited, for ages after, by fuch as hoped 

 for beatitude. Cape'yanas, or Cape'nas, (for he is differently named in 

 the fame book) adhered fo ftrictly to juftice, and governed fo mildly, that he 

 was refpecled by his neighbours, and beloved by his fubjeets : yet he became 

 a great conqueror, always protecting the weak, and punifhing their oppreffors. 

 All the princes to the eafl ofMocflefa paid him tribute -, but Ca'l ase'n a, king 

 of the exterior Cujha-dwtp, having infolently refufed to become his tributary, he 

 invaded AbyJJinia, and, after a very long battle, at a place named Ran6tfava y 

 or the fejiival of combat, wholly defeated Ca'l ase'n a, whom he replaced 

 on his throne, exacting only a regular acknowledgement of his dominion pa- 

 ramount : then,, following the courfe of the Call river, he came to Barbara^ 

 or the burning fands of Nuhia, the king of which country was Gulma, 

 one of the Tamdvanfas, or the fon of M and ya, who was the fon of Tamas, or 

 Sa&i, by his wife Jarat'ha' ; but from Gulma he met with no refif- 

 tance, for the wife king laid his diadem at the feet of Cape'nas who reflored 

 it, and defired his company,, as a friend, in his expedition to Mifra-fi'bdn* 

 The fove reign of Mifra was at that time Ranasu'ra, who, difdaining fub- 

 miffion, fent his fon Ran adurmada with a great force againft Cape'nas,, 

 :and foon followed him at the head of a more powerful army: an obfti-nate 

 battle was fought, at a place called afterwards Ghora-f ban from the horror 

 of the carnage , but Ranasu'ra was killed and his troops entirely routed. Tiie 



