1839.] 



lieporf on the Maclenzie Muiiuscrlpts. 



335 



Tliese are copies of a collection of paiipgyrical stanzas by Manica- 

 vasacar whose story is narrated in the T'adiir, and Madura St'halapura- 

 tias. After relinquishing his office of minister of state to the Madura 

 king, and undergoing severe treatment, as narrated in those legends, he 

 became a devotee of Siva : anJ, exclusive of disputing with the Baiid- 

 c^/^imYa", he Wandered about in the manner of ascetic minstrels, such as 

 Appar, Sundarar and others, and composed brief panegyrics of different 

 forms, or emblems, of .S/ra, worshipped at ditTerent places. The entire 

 amount of such chants was fifty-one; which chants (consisting at least 

 of 10 stanzas, but generally one, two, or three more) make up a total of 

 six hundred and sixty stanzas of the kind termed viruttam, with a few 

 of the plainer kind termed agaval. For a further account of the work 

 see abstract of the radur St'halapuranam. 



No. 103 is complete. There are added 2/ chants from the rta-aj-^rw?, 

 a similar collection by Appar, Sundarar, and Samimutar. The whole 

 forms a small sized pocket volume, Avhich, though rather old, is quite un- 

 injured. 



No. 104 is complete. It also contains a portion of the Tcvaram^ 

 not complete. This small book is old, but novertheless in good preser- 

 vation ; save only a little wear at the edges. 



No. 105. This copy wants seven chants, indifferent places. Forty 

 eight stanzas are appended of a polemic poem against the Bauddhasy 

 not complete. This manuscript is fresh, slightly punctured by insects, 

 but to a trivial degree. 



No. 106 has 38 ehants wanting. It has two appendages, being frag- 

 ments of poems of the Venpa kind, without title ; but containing praises 

 of Siva. 



These four coi)ies are entered, with a brief mention of contents, in the 

 Des. Catal. vol 1. p. 224. Art. xxxv. 



44. Vriddhachala Piirainuu, No. 21 — Countermark 30. 



This copy is in verse only, and is complete. It is generally in good 

 order : but with an exception of five leaves in the middle, which have 

 been restored, in order to preserve the manuscript legible and entire. 



45. Same title, No. 22— Countermark 31. 



