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kind, frightening, as with a stake, the fierce serpent Kiilika, '^ the King of the 



Ndgas. 



10. May that Sarveswara, the son of the great Jina, holdings a tri- 

 dent and a bell, a portion of Vajrapaki, in the form of a water jar, 

 assumed at the command of Lokeswara, to cherish Sarvapada, "^ and 

 left on earth for the benefit of mankind, '^ be propitious to you — I adore 



him. 



11. May Garttesa, '^ the all-bestowing form assumed by Manju Deva, 

 for a portion of himself, in order to awake the ignorant, and idle, and sensual 

 Ma77Jugartta, " and convert him (it) to a profound and learned sage, (or re- 

 gion) be propitious to you — I adore him. 



12. May that pious Sarvanivarana Vishkamehi, desirous of the form 

 of a fish, and decorated with the lord of snakes, who gave all to the sage 

 Udiya, and throwing off a portion of himself became the passionless Vilardga, 

 Phaiiindresxvara, ^° be propitious to you — I adore him. 



15. KuLiKA is one of the eight chiefs of the Nugas, or serpents of Putdla. 



16. A sage also nattied Vajrachakya, but the term is also used in a generic sense. 



17. The Linga is called Ghafeswara. 



18. The emhiem of Manju Deva is a Chowri; but Gartta is gi cavern, a hole, or hollow. 

 The text in this instance, therefore, does not preserve its symbolic consistency as in the preceding 

 stanzas. 



19. The comment seems to understand by 3Ianju-gerUa, Nepal, the hollow or valley of 

 Manjudeva, who, according to Mr. Hodgson, appears to be a historical personage. 



20. A fish is the symbol of Vishkamehi ; but it is clear that in this, as in other stanzas, 

 the primitive symbol is lost sight of in the new Lingamite personification, which is more especially 

 referred to in every instance, and which is not always alluded to under the same type. In this 

 case it is the Isivara, or Li7iga, of the Lord of Hooded Snakes. 



