S840.] Report en the Maclcenzie Manuscripts.. S)7 



indicating a poem of the easiest kind of metre, in praise of various sc- 

 called deities. 



It is entered in Des. Catal, vol. 1. p, 227, art. 4% 



b. Manuscript books. 

 Manuscript book, No. 22.— Countermark 223. 

 Divakaram, a Tamil dictionary. 



An incomplete palm-leaf copy is noticed in the preceding portion 

 of this report. The present copy is complete, in twelve parts, it is 

 written on strong Europe paper, with good ink, and is in perfect pre- 

 servation. 



Manuscript book, No, 10. — Countermark 67, Calingatu Parmii^ a 

 poem on the conquest of Calinga. 



Th's is a complete copy of the above mentioned poem; respecting 

 which a notice from a palm-leaf M. S. was given in my i^th report. 

 In this book the seven first sections are founds as therein stated ; but 

 the following portion is numbered on, as to verses, without break or 

 division into sections, to the end ; comprising in this last portion,, 

 three hundred and thirty stanzas, or nearly as much as the entire amount 

 of the preceding seven sections. The palm-leaf copy appears to be 

 the best one of the two. 



Note.— This book is in good order, the ink only a little pale ; but 

 it needs no further attention.' it is entered in Des. Oatal. vol. 1. p. 

 lae,. art. ,5, with regard to which entFy it maybe observed, that the 

 I leading fact of a Chola conquest of part of Telingana is beyond qnes- 

 1 tion historical ; all the village records of the country containing refer* 

 tnces to it, in a way necessarily implying a foundation in fact. 



Manuscript book, No. 22. — ^Countermark 776o 



Section 1. Account of Chitambaram, 



The paper has, in Telugu, the title of Chitambara mahalmya ; and 

 is found to be another copy of that portion of the contents of M.S. 

 book, No. 1. included under the title of the local mahalmya or legend, 

 i It adverts to several rishis, and to various matters relative to appear- 

 ances of Siva, needless to be further particularized; seeing that tlve 



