44. _ ON THE ANCIENT | 
Tue origin of this. rocky hill is connected with a most strange legend, 
which shali give in the abstract. Visunu, unwilling to subject. himself 
to the dreaded power} and. influence, ‘of the ruler of the planet Sarurn ' 
and having no time to lese, was obliged to have recourse to his Méy4, 
or illusive. powers,: whichyareivery great, and. he suddenly became a 
rocky mountain. This is: ‘Called Satla-dya; ofa rocky mountain the 
tllusive form: but Saturn’ soon: found chim: out, : andJin the shape of 
a worm, forced ‘himself through, gnawing every part: of this. illusive 
body.» For one year of <Sarurn was. Visunu_ thus ‘tormented, and) 
through pain and vexation, he sweated most profusely, ,as,.may.’ be 
supposed, particularly about. the temples, from which issued’. twa- 
copious streams the Crishna or black, and the Swéta-Gandacé' or white 
Gand act; the one to the east, and the other to the west. After one revo- 
jution’‘of Saturn, Visunu, resumed his own shape, and ordered this’ stone 
to be worshipped, which of course derives its'divine tight from itself} with-' 
out any previous consecration, as usual in all countries in which images 
are worshipped. 
aN) 
‘THERE are four stones, which are styled Saila-mé ya and are accordingly. 
worshipped, whenever they are found. The first, is the Saila, or stone just 
mentioned ; the second, which is found abundantly in the river Sorta, is a 
figured stone, of a reddish colour, with a supposed figure of GaNnEsa, 
in the shape of an elephant, and commonly called Gan és a-cé-pavhar 
the third, is found'in the Narmmadgé; and the fourth, is a single stone or 
rock, which is the Saila-méyd, of the third part of the bow of Parasu- 
Rama, after it had been broken by Rama-cuanpra.  Itis still tobe seen, 
