62 Report on the Maclcenzie Manuscripts* l^mJH 



Merely a short legend, ascribing the origin of the river to Jgastj/a^. 



Sectio7i 5. Account of Talpa-giri, a hill so called in Telingana. 



An incomplete legend ascribing the origin of the hill to the anger 

 of Vishnu against Adi-seshan ; in consequence of which anger Vishnu 

 denounced on the latter the penalty of coming to earth, and doing pen- 

 ance in the shape of a mountain ; accomplished at this place. (The 

 mark remains of a leaf having been cut out). 



Note. — This paper, especially as being incomplete, appears to be 

 worthless. 



Section 6. " Some account of the Mukanti-raja, ancient prince of 

 the Telinga country." 



This is a legendary fable of the origin of the race of the Mukanti- 

 rajas. A Brahman going to Casi on pilgrimage took with him his 

 daughter ; who, in a certain wilderness, refused to proceed further, 

 being infatuated by a local Numen, residing in an ant-hill. The Brah- 

 man left his daughter in charge of the /rw/ar, a wild race of people. 

 The woman was delivered of a child, the offspring of the said Numen ; 

 which child had three eyes, whence the name of Mukaadesvarer (or 

 the three-eyed Siva) borne by the said child. It resided in the ant- 

 hill ; and a cow came every evening to the place, whence the child is- 

 sued forth, and milked the cow, by which means it was supported. 

 The owner, among the wild Irular, watched the cow, in order to disco- 

 ver who stole the milk, and, on perceiving the operation, he wounded 

 the child with a sword, producing blood from its head. The child lift- 

 ed up the vessel containing the milk which it had drawn, and poured 



the same over the wound 



Remark. — Here the account stops, so as to leave it uncertain whe- 

 ther the writer of it neglected to proceed further, or whether the re- 

 mainder has been cut out from the book. Upon the whole, as there are 

 blank leaves following, and not written on, I should incline to the for- 

 mer opinion. A good account of the 71fwAaw/2-r«yQ!* is desirable; and 

 may perhaps be met with among these papers. The present one dis- 

 appoints expectation. It however exhibits the fabulous (or symboli- 

 cal) origin of the race ; and, in some respects, greatly resembles an 

 account in this collection concerning the illegitimate son of KuloU 



