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the liberties taken as to names and localities). It bad its own chief; 

 but in CoUom era 920 it was seized hy the Travancore raja. Access 

 to the ^i' Itala-purana could not be gained. 



Sect'onW' Account of the fane o[ Malia-deva at the village of 

 Pandala' — The name of ihe village seems to be properly PuntoXa^ 

 meaning " a flower garden." This district had its proper chiefs. A 

 Pa?idii/an king ruling over Ten-Ca^i (the southern Benares), having 

 no offspring, adopted a child ; hut the pe« jde of ihe king refused to 

 recognize that adoption. In cons( quence the rejected person took 

 away much wealth from the jdace, and with it retired to Malayalam ; 

 "where he purchased extensive estate**, forming' this district : over 

 which he, an.) his pos^^erity, ruled. It was however forcibly seized by 

 the Travancore raja : and a few descendants only of the original pro- 

 prieiors remain j these being now poor and miserable. 



Section 18, Account of the fane of MaJia-deva m the village of 

 Venmanni, of the Punt'da distii:^t. — Certain lands were made over to 

 the fane, in the hands of Srahmans of the Potemar tiibe j who, in con^ 

 sequence, conducted ihe usual ceremonies and ofFerings. 



Section 19. Account of Tvmhvman, a fane of SuhraJimanya, in the 

 Puntula district — A possession of the spirit of Sulrohmavya came 

 upon a certain Brahman, ordering a faie to be built; which was accord- 

 ingly done. Nothing further is meiiiioned. 



Section 20. Account of the Sevcshe'ram of S€n';anur,in the B/nvf 

 hkarai district. — Legendary matter, as to an apj)earanee and marriage of 

 Siva with Parvafi. At ihe time of the {Mirnary marriage the concourse 

 was so great that the earth couUl not bear the burden. A certain r/^A? re- 

 ceived an oidr.r, in consequen e, fo go to Sevgatinr. He objected to the 

 doing so, without having seen the marriage ceremony; but v^as dismissed 

 with the assurance that Siva and Parvnii would come thither and be 

 married, for the fourth time. The promise was accordingly ful- 

 filled : and on that event the onstru -tion of the fane, and 

 observance of its festivals, are made to depend. Parvai' being subject 

 to ceremonial desecration (according to the custom of women), cere- 

 monial homage should not at those seasons be paid ; but a Namhuri 

 Brahman ignorantly going to the shrine, at such a time, was violently as- 

 saulted by the spirit of the image, and afflicted with severe visitation of 



