1838.] 



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47. Dated in the 14th year of Sri-raja-raj a- dever ; gift of 96 milch 

 goats, to supply butter-oil, for the use of the fane. 



48. Dated in Sal. Sac. 1350. Commemorates an agreement be- 

 tween the towns-people, that if either " right hand caste" or left 

 hand caste" create any disturbance, and fight with each other, during 

 public festivals, the said persons should be forthwith killed on the 

 spot, with spears, without ceremony. 



49* Dated in Sal. Sac. 1156 in the time of Hara-dever-Maha-rayer ; 

 gift cf a reservoir, and lands fertilized by it, to a fane, to support 

 public processions. 



50. Dated in the 10th year of Sri-c6-peran-dever i gift of 220 

 cows, to supply butter-oil for anointing the image. 



51. Dated in Sal. Sac. 1295 5 gift of rice to a fane. 



52. Dated in Sal. Sac. 1221 ; gift of a piece of fertile ground, to 

 the watchman of the fane. 



53. Dated in the 16th year of Sri-c6-perun-singha-dever ; gift of 

 96 milch goats to supply butter-oil for lamps, in the fane. 



Remark. This book being damaged, and the writing having become 

 almost illegible, by the fading of the ink, I had it restored: the 

 contents are of average interest. 



Manuscript book, No. 9.— Countermark 763. 

 Section I. — Account of Trivatur. 



This paper contains a statement of Dacsha's sacrifice ; the death oiSati, 

 the wife of Siva ; his anger ; the form of Vira Bhadra assumed in conse- 

 quence ; the overthrow of DacsJia's sacrifice ; the penance of Siva ; the 

 device of Indra to destroy that penance ; the reducing his messenger to 

 ashes ; the return of Siva to Cailasa ; the proposition to wed the daughter 

 of Parvata-rayen ; the ceremonials attendant on the marriage. 



Remark. This paper is very similar to the contents of one of the 

 Sargas (or sections) of the Trinomali Sfhala puranam. I believe it 

 to be another version of the same ; though, in the book, it is said to 

 relate to the Trivatur Isvara, which may be but a slight fiction ; the 

 tutelary gods, at both places, being forms of Siva. 



In this paper, the pages are transposed, confused, and perplexed, 

 by the carelessness of the binder. The index of contents, here 

 given, is derived from running over the different pages, and then re- 

 ducing them to the order, in which they ought to be found, accord^ 



