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lived in ignorance of his father amongst the Veddalis (wild 

 men,) will, on discovering the son, exclaim to him f Come to 

 me, oh, thon darling child of mine!' and make him a partici- 

 pator of the happiness that he (the king) himself enjoys ; so 

 even will the Supreme God present himself before the soul 

 when in distress, from being enmeshed in the net of the five 

 Veddalis — senses, and severing the soul from Pasam, will 

 assimilate it to himself and bless it with his holy feet." 



Such is an imperfect resume of the Saiva Siddantam. A 

 greater amplification of the subject is reserved for a future 

 contribution, where the intimate connection that subsists 

 between the Saiva Siddantam and the popular form of reli- 

 gious worship that obtains among the Hindus of the present 

 age, will engage our attention. 



