ftcfiorf on the MacIiCn::'u' Maniisc) ipls. 



[Amu, 



This copy com uiis (lie oviginnl verso, with :i prose exphinalion. 1(. 

 is in goovl preservation ; except four leaves, ne;u- ihe middle, which liave 

 been restored. It is uow coniplote; havini; had two ioDs, hel\>rf 

 wanting, added to it tVom the u<^xt copy. 



Same title, No. 23 — Conntermaik 32. 



This copy is in verse, and prose : hut is very iiieon)plel(^ ; wantin;,' 

 five .s'<7r<7(7y, or sections, from No. 14 to IS iiudiisivr. AVhat r(Mi!aiiis is 

 -vviihont defe.-t ; and, h'^n^!: apparently of recent wrilini:;, it is in jxM reclIj 

 good preservation. It enabled me tocomphMe the pn^ceding copv. 



Another hook, having the samr? title on the (^nvelope, -was found to 

 he Aco\-)V \h>^ radiir St'//ala-]>urdnnm. Five copies of (he Vviddha- 

 cha^a-puramim are mentioned in tlie Dos. Calah)gno. The fifth is not 

 now in the collection. 



The following is an abstract of the contents. 



1. The jirefatory section. Invocations to deities, and to Apjjnr^ S'un- 

 darar, and other Soira poets. It is given as narrated by iSu/a-n'ji///, who 

 received it from 6'? e/<T-7/? ; he from f^i/a.si ; the latter from Subrah- 

 ma7i7/a, who heard Sira relate it to Uma. 



2. Tht^ f/in'-sargn, or section con' orning- the hill, narrated hy Jrauov 

 Siva to L'ma. Though the legend is unknots n to /iralima, or Vibhnu, 

 yet there is a propriety in relating it to Uma thongh young, from her 

 being mountain bom. The pre-eminence of the hill, above all other 

 hills, is asserted : so that even thinking of it will remove evil, produce 

 good, and lead to beatification ; which, by ni'\ins of this hill, even the 

 most stupid of people may acquire. Its excellence arises from i»s being 

 a copy of the form of Siva. 



8. Concerning the place; narrated by KalJin-saumn-niiiniU) his wife, 

 named ^;2ai'ff^/. It relates to a sacred pool for bathing named Tiru-am- 

 rita-kunram, foruicd by the Mutia-nadi river. Bathing therein accom- 

 panied vviLh certain obsfnvances removes the crimes of ingtatil ude, theft, 

 drinking ardent spirits, killing cows, or Brahmana, coveting (he wife of 

 a Brahman, or a neighbour. If dogs, jackals, or such like animals, die 

 at this place they will attain to Siva's world ; being taught instruction, 

 while dandled in his lap. The ills, or crimes, done by children will be 

 pardoned even as those of grown up peo[;le. The names of the seven 

 great rishlfi are mentioned, who obt:iined gifts, according to their desire 

 at this place. 



4. This section relates to the high vulae and excellence of the Multa- 



