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ing eyes in his feet. Siva destroyed the penance of the sages in the 

 Tarugava7iam, and lowered their insolence. The dancing of Siva at 

 Chitambaram, at the request of Vishnu and others. Gifts to a sage 

 named Ft/acrama^ and to another named Patanjali; the former a man- 

 tiger, the latter hall-human, half serpentine. Tiiree thousand Brah- 

 mans were called hither by order o( Brahma to attend a sacrifice. Re- 

 ference to events in the period of the fifth Matiu. A king named 

 Sinha-varma son of the fifth Manu, being diseased, abdicated in favour 

 of his brother ; and came on pilgrimage to the south. He first came 

 to Conjeveram, which was a forest. Proceeding thence he met a Fc- 

 dar (wild hunter), whom he took as a guide, and who on coming to 

 Chitambaram, was frightened at the sight of the man-tiger, and 

 semi-snake ; but, receding, he told Sinha-varma, and then left 

 him to find his way. The said king there lost his white leprosy, 

 and acquired a golden-coloured form. He had a vision of the god: 

 and was then dismissed, being directed to go and perform the funeral 

 obsequies for his deceased father, to install his younger brother^ and 

 then to bring with hira the afore-mentioned three thousand Brahmans 

 to this place. The said king (now called Hivariya-varma from his 

 golden form) returned; and assembled the three thousand ^m/<m««* 

 at their residence in Antara-vedi ; who, with sacrificial implements 

 and other necessaries, were mounted on as many conveyances; the 

 king bringing some of his relatives, and some treasure with him. The 

 Brahmans were counted every day ; but on reaching Chitambaram, one 

 was found to be missing. On searching for the lost person, and his 

 conveyance, a celestial voice was heard, directing to discontinue the 

 search; for that the said voice, or Siva, was the person in question, 

 who had accompanied the Brahmans, and was one of them, as also 

 that, with the exception of a few peculiar immunities specified, the 

 Brahmans were the same with himself. The king then esteemed the 

 Brahmans the same as Siva himself. He was crowned at Chitambaram 

 by Vyacrama-rishi. The king next had all fanes, and sacred buildings 

 restored, by the aid of Fisvacarma ; and the Brahmans were located 

 in three thousand dwellings, built for them, with all needful appur- 

 tenances. The construction of the particular halls in the fane is then 

 specified. There are four Pura^ias written on this subject. 

 So far is the SChala Mahatmya, or legend. 



There is then a reference to an inscription dated in Sal. Sac. I5I5, in 

 which it appears to be recorded that many kings repaired, or orna- 

 mented, the fane. By reference to other inscriptions it appears (ac- 

 cording to the book) that kings of the locality made many other dona- 



