178 Analysis of Maclicnzie Manuscripts. [No. 34, 



were ardent votaries of Ska ; insomuch that the latter cut his body to 

 pieces, and the former threw himself into a pit of fire, in testimony of en- 

 tire devotedness. The account however remains veiy imperfect. 



An entry occurs in Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 278, Art. 24. 



15. Kcyura-hahii-charitra. No. 44. Countermark 377. 



This Manuscript contains a series of tales made to rest on a fictitious 

 supposition of the minister of Keijura-haliit, a local chief (alleged to be 

 of the Surya vamsa) narrating persuasive arguments to Ratna-Sundar 

 daughter of a king, or chief of the Chandra-vamsa, to induce her to marry 

 the ssiid Key iira-bahu. From the genealogy it would appear that Keyura- 

 hahu is intended to designate a petty ruler descended from the Reddis^ 

 "who before had held extensive authority in Telinyana. There is no his- 

 torical value attaching to this document. 



Note. — It is deficient at the end : the preceding portion is regular from 

 the beginning : it is rather an old M. S., and damaged by worms; needing 

 however only a degree of care for its preservation. 



Ifi. Xanikur-jjariydtam. No. 89. Countermark 687. 



A drama by the poet Xarrayana Appava of the village of NaruJiur ; 

 composed in the Padya-cavyam measure, and dedicated to his patron 

 Banyaru Yacliama Xayadu^ the ruler of the Velluyotivaru race at Venca- 

 tcujiri. The subject is ornamental and fanciful. Crishna when ruling in 

 Dwaraca-puri had eight wives, to one among whom, that is Rucmeni, he 

 presented a flower of paradise ; which excited the jealousy of Satydbhau- 

 771(1, another of his wives, who entreated him to procure for her the flow- 

 er named Farii/ata, and to satisfy her Crishna sent to the paradise of 

 Indra for the said flower ; which was procured and given. The object of 

 such a drama, of course, Avas to please the poet's patron ; and get a 

 reward. 



Note. — The Manuscript is a fragment, and has sustained damage by 

 breaking of the leaves. 



It is entered in the Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 332, Art. 41. 



17- Cliandra-hhanu Cheritra. No. 53. Countermark 354. 



A tale composed in the padya-cavyam by Malkma, at the desire of 

 Vencatajyati, son of TirumaJa-rayudii (of diandra-yiri I believe.) The 

 subject is taken from the family of Crishna. By Rucmeni he had a son 

 named Mananmdu, and by Satyahhauma a son named Chandra-hhanu, 

 The latter is the hero of the poem ; and there is also a heroine. The 

 subject being suggested from a passage of the Bhayavatam is amplified in 

 Telugu verse. 



Note. — This Manuscript Is complete, of recent copying, and in perfect 

 order. It is entered in Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 322, Art. 13. 

 IS. Rliof/ini-Dandaca. No. SO. Countermark 350. 

 The Dandaca is a species of composition that has been elsewhere describ- 



