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Ueport on the MacTienzie Manuscripts, 



m the different pools, was favoured with special visions of the deities, 

 whose names they respectively bear, and obtained beatificrition. Vishnu 

 after bathing in all these pools, went and succeeded in destroying the 

 racshasa, named Savgata-rmia, In the war between the devas and 

 daityas, many of the latter, b}' bathing here, obtained beatification. 

 The entire three hundred and thirty millions of celestials bathed here. 

 Near to the river is a fane called, Farada-nafha cshetram. 



Remark. — Local mythology apart, the only point of notice is, that 

 Vishnu^ s destroying the above-mentioned racshasa, seems to be a symbol 

 of the ever recurring subject — the triumph of Hinduism over the Baud- 

 dhas ; the term Savgata being somewhat synonymous with Giaour, or 

 infidel. 



Section2. Accouniof Mayur a- Fermaf a king of the Cadamha dynasty. 



1 . The account is put into the mouth of Suia'rishi,Q.s related to a Brah- 

 mati. The destruction of the Cshetriyas by Parasu Rama : his disgust with 

 the Brahmans, and retiring to a hermitage : several rishis followed ; and, 

 looking on the western sea, advised him to reclaim land from it. The 

 sea-king promised to render to him land, as far as he could cast an ar- 

 row. He thus reclaimed a tract of land of three yojanas (30 -1- milws) in 

 breadth westward; and in length, from Nisica to Canya-Cum^rijfiOO 

 yojanas. Southward, or -j- 3000 miles. He located Brahmans therein, 

 turning the ^o^i-j?a// mto Brahmans ; settling one thousand of them 

 there ; and appointing to them lands for their support. He told them 

 that if they had any cause of sorrow, or regret, they might think on him, 

 and he would appear. He then retired to the fane at Gokernam. The 

 haidBrahmans,to test his veracity, recalled him, without cause ; where- 

 upon, being angry, he condemned them to lose the power of assembling 

 together in council ; and to become servile. They accordingly mingled 

 with Sudra females ; and became a degraded race. 



About this time one named Mayura-verma, considering those Brah' 

 mans to be contemptible, sent for others from Hai-Cshetram, and loca- 

 ted them at different places in his dominions. 



2. Sona muc'hi enquires of Nareda, why Mayura-terma so loca- 

 ted the Brahmans, and whose son he was. In reply a legend is stated 

 to the effect that /S/m and P«rua^2, on Cailasa, agreed to come down, 

 and look at this newly formed country. In consequence of their doing 

 so, an infant was afterwards found under a Cadamha tree, in the wilder- 

 ness; to whom the epithet of Cadamha was therefore applied. It hap- 

 pened that the Mulata country being without ruler, the people placed 



