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of Varada Namhi, the head Brahman, to the temple female slaves, and 

 other temple attendants. 



No. 38. Dated in Sal. Sac. 1112, gift to Nilivanamiidiya Nayanxir 

 of fifty gold pieces, by the whole of the people of this village (name 

 not given) for the celebration of the marriage of the said god in the 

 month of April. 



No. 39. (Very short and perfect). Gift of an elephant vehicle by 

 the head man of Mathurantoxam in the country of Rajendra Chola, of 

 the north bank (supposed of the Caveri), to whom, when, or for what 

 object, not stated. 



No. 40. A few Sanscrit words in Tamil and Grant'ha letters, with-» 

 out connected meaning, copied from the inner building of a fane of 

 Ganga Kunda pitram in the Udiyar Palliyam, 



Manuscript took No. 14.— Countermark 768. 



Section 1. Account of Pandoo coolies {Payitacurzis) in the Jaghirey 

 and Arcot districts, written from different verbal accounts. 



This paper contains an account of certain suhterranea, or excava- 

 tions, as if they were tombs discovered at various places : of the exact 

 nature or character of these pits there appears to be no certain know- 

 ledge; but the writer has collected, and stated, the traditionary accounts 

 of people near the places, where those excavations were found ; by 

 which they are ascribed. 



1. To a desire of obtaining shelter from a predicted shower of fire, 

 about the beginning of the era of Salivahana — 2. To certain pigmies 

 that lived towards the end of the Dwapara ynga, who constructed for 

 ♦heraselves these dwellings under ground— 3. To the five PandavaSf 

 as a refuge from the persecution of Duryod'hana — 4. To the votarieis 

 of a certain goddess named i\^/7a mucari, ysho offered to her monthly 

 sacrifices therein— 5. To the Vedar and Curumhar (hunters and sa- 

 vages), of former days, as places of protection for their wives and 

 children, from wild beasts— 6. To certain men in the time of Rama, who 

 had monkey's tails, whence these pits are by some called rali-cudi-' 

 7. To Racshasas, or evil beings, who constructed these places of safety 

 for their wives and children— 8. To a custom of very early times after 

 the deluge, when men lived so long as to be a burden to themselves* 

 and their relatives; so that the latter put them in certain earthern shells 

 with a supply of provisions, and left them to die. 



