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The tendency of the whole of the preceding matter, it may be observed 

 is to teach the peculiarities of the Vira Saiva sect and that with a view 

 to proselytise Praonda-deoa-raya. If any form of religion stands self con- 

 demned by its own internal evidence, it is emphatically this one; leaving: 

 others to follow in the rear, and this notwithstanding a more than usually 

 slender proportion of correct views, mingled with the mass of monstrosity. 



Note. — This book is well bound; written with indelible ink, on strong 

 country paper, and remains in good preservation. It is entered in the 

 Des. Catalogue volume 2, page 23, with a brief mention only of the 

 first treatise. 



Manuscript Book, No. 16, C. M. 494. 



Section 1. Isoara ganangala Hasaru or list of Vira-Saioa votaries. 



Names merely of ganas, or gnomes, ordinary residents in Cailasa, who 

 by order of Siva,' came to earth, in order to re-establish the decayed Saioa 

 faith; or, in other words, to inti-Qduce a new system : arising, like a 

 fungus, out of a diseased portion of the ordinary Saiva credence. One 

 thousand of these names are mentioned. 



Section 2. A day ana cudha, account of a Jangama votary. 



This paper states the lamentable prevalence of the Jain a system ; which 

 became a matter of complaint to Siva. To overcome the Jainas became 

 a point of special attention. To this end many ganas, as above, were 

 sent to earth. A principal person named Adayana, was born in the 

 Sura-sJitra country. At Pidi-giri a famous Jaina fane existed; of which 

 Suraveni and Padmavati are represented as the names of Jaina objects 

 of worship. The overthrow and extermination of the Jainas, and the 

 planting up of the Vira Saioa system, in its place, is the subject of this 

 document, which is not without some historical interest. 



Note. — The book is in good preservation. 



The two subjects are briefly entered in Des. Catalogue vol. 2, page 

 25, art. 18 and 19. 



Manuscript Book, No. 3, C. M. 869. 



Section 1. Legendary account of the village of Sala-gramam in the 

 district of Bidanur. 



Legendary reference to Agastya, and to a shrine formed by him. In 

 Sal. Sac. 1018, Ramanuja-charya, unable to bear the persecution of 

 Crimi canda cholan, retreated to this village, and dwelt there some time. 

 There is some detail of connected shrines, pools, and the like apperte- 

 nances. 



