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ed to Bdsava, and by his advice, humbled himself before the offended Jangama. Bdsava 

 also deprecated his wrath, and Mach&ya being appeased, forgave the king, and restored the 

 elephant and the guards to life. 



A poor Jangam having solicited alms of Kinnardya, one of Basava's chief disciples, the 

 latter touched the stones about them with his staff, and converting them into gold, told the 

 Jangam to help himself. 



The work is also in many places addressed to the Jainas, in the shape of a dialogue 

 between some of the Jangama saints and the members of that faith, in which the former 

 narrate to the latter instances of the superiority of the Saiva religion, and the falsehood of 

 the Jain faith, which appears to have been that of Bijala Rdya, and the great part of the 

 population of Kalydna. In order to convert them Bltdnta Ramdya, one of Bdsava' s disci- 

 ples, cut off his head in their presence, and then marched five days in solemn procession, 

 through and round the city, and on the fifth day replaced his head upon his shoulders. 

 The Jain Pagodas were thereupon, it is said, destroyed by the Jangamas. It does not 

 appear, however, that the king was made a convert, or that he approved of the principles 

 and conduct of his minister. He seems, on the contrary, to have incurred his death by 

 attempting to repress the extension of the Vira Saiva belief. Different authorities, al- 

 though they disagree as to the manner in which Bijala was destroyed, concur in stating the 

 fact : the following account of the transaction is from the present work. 



" In the city of Kalydna were two devout worshippers of Siva, named Allaya and 

 Madhuvaya. They fixed their faith firmly on the divinity they adored, and assiduously 

 reverenced their spiritual preceptor, attending upon Bdsava whithersoever he went. The 

 king, Bijala, well knew their merits, but closed his eyes to their superiority, and listening 

 to the calumnious accusations of their enemies, commanded the eyes of Allaya and Madhu- 

 vaya to be plucked out. The disciples of Bdsava, as well as himself, were highly indignant 

 at the cruel treatment of these holy men, and leaving to Jagaddeva the task of putting Bijala 

 to death, and denouncing imprecations upon the city, they departed from Kalydna — Bdsava 

 fixed his residence at Sangamesisoara. 



Mach&ya, Bommidevaya, Kinnara, Kannatha, Bommadeva, Ka/caya, Masanaya, Kola- 

 kila Bommadeva, Kesirajaya, Mathirajaya, and others, announced to the people, that the 



