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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts, 



[Jan. 



5. Sampanga-mana-satalcam. 



6. Sesha-dheruKt. 



7. Sesha-dherma shaslita-mdsvdsam. 



The first contains various formularies used by Braliniaus, and relates 

 to the qualities of the soul, and especially to the homage paid to 

 Siva. 



The second is an epitome of the meaning of the Sastras, and mean- 

 ing of the doctrines of spiritual preceptors, still according to the Saiva 

 system. 



The third contains the various mantras on the Valslmava system. The 

 repetition of these formula is marked and numbered by certain ges- 

 tures on the hands, members of the face, and head ; and the repetition, 

 when bathing, and at other times, is a part of the manual, and mental^ 

 devotion of Vaishnava votaries. 



The fourth proceeds on the example of an elephant, when seized on 

 by an alligator, praying to Vishnu, who hurled his Chacra and killed the 

 alligator: whereon is founded the instruction that votaries who in time 

 of trouble call on Vislnm will be delivered, by his sending down his 

 Chacra, or effecting some marked interposition, on their behalf. 



The fifth contains explanations on the nature of Vishnu, as to his 

 spiritual form ; the said form pervading the universe. It inculcates 

 truth and spiritual homage, and appears to contain the esoteric doctrines 

 of the Vaishnavas, 



The sixth relates to gift of food, of place, of land, of a cow, &c. 

 with a comparative estimate of the relative value of different donations 



The seventh contains narratives of different individuals ; notices of 

 sacred places ; special days of peculiar virtue, arid merit of bathing 

 thereon ; merit of charitable gifts on Sundays and Mondays, as narrated 

 by Bhishma to Dherma raja. 



The first sa^aca contains 196 stanzas, the second 111 stanzas, the third 

 is a continuous series of formularies. The fourth contains 103 stanzas, 

 the fifth 123 stanzas, the sixth and seventh are irregular, and without 

 any specification of number. 



At the beginning four palm-leaves are wanting, and I have not the 

 means of restoring them at present. The book is damaged by reason 

 of insects having eat away the edges ; forming, so to speak, the small 

 margin, but leaving the writing uninjured. The work is partly com- 

 piled from the Mahahharata, by Kondia Srinivasa who lived in a village 

 oi XhQ Rajahmahendri A'lsiv'iQt. The leading title of the work is taken 

 from the two last sections, Sesha is shortened from Adi-sesha^ the 



