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The work is an allegorical attempt at extra panegyric ; and may serve 

 to show, that the worst and most ferocious of Hindu sects, the Janga- 

 mas or Vira-Saivas, trace up every thing that is bad to forms of Siva and 

 Parvati. Allama-Prahhuwd^s, preceptor to the two Basavas ; and their 

 proceedings are to be gathered from notices concerning them in other 

 books of the Collection : some of which have been before mentioned. 



Note. — This paper is entered in Des. Catal., Vol. 1, p. 285, Art. 35. 

 Section 3. Mairavana-cheritra. 



This paper is a Telugu version from the Sanscrit tale. Of that an ab- 

 stract has already been given : and besides rather a full abstract of the 

 Telugu paper is given in the Des. Catalogue, to which it may suffice to 

 refer. There is however an addition in this paper to the tale of the San- 

 scrit ; consisting of matter pertaining to rites, homage, and observances 

 relative to Hanumdn the hero of the tale. 



Note. — The entry in the Catalogue is at p. 329, Art. 36, vol. 1. 



General Remark. — This Book is in good preservation. There is no- 

 thing in it of historical value, save that Allama Prahhu was a real person, 

 whose biography is connected with the extermination of the Jainas in the 

 N. W. provinces of the Peninsula. 



5. Manuscript Book. No. 33. Countermark 323 and 333. 



Section 1. Matta-tiruvengala-natha-charitra. 



This paper consists of two parts, the first is a poetical and encomiastical 

 genealogy of a local chieftain, in the Padya cavyam metre; and the other 

 a continuation of the narrative in plainer prose. 



The work was written by Vencatapati, a Brahman, at the request, and 

 under the patronage of Tiruvengala-natha, a local chief of Siddhavattam. 

 According to established usage, the genealogy is deduced downwards 

 from the flood, through Rama-roja of Vijayanagaram ; and, in the nar- 

 rative portion, there is a detail of border strifes with chiefs of neighbour- 

 ing principalities. 



The document is entered in Des. Catal., Vol. 1, p. 309, tivo copies: 

 perhaps designating the two parts. 

 Section 2. Dhermangada-charitra. 



Apparently a fictitious tale, intended to magnify the virtues of 

 the Brahmaku7ida-tir' tha or sacred pool, at the shrine of Jaganatha in 

 Orissa. It is the composition of Narasinh'a a Vaishnava Brahman. 

 Dhermangada a king of Cashmir, as the fruit of long penance, had in 

 place of a son a P'hani^ or snake, born to him, by his wife. 



The king of Saurashtra (or Saovi'rashtra) desam, formed a nuptial con- 

 tract with the reputed son of the Cashmir king. The daughter of the 

 other king, though distressed at her portion, yet went on pilgrimage with 

 her mate, and at the Brahma-kunda pool at Jaganat'ha the form of the 

 snake was changed into the human form. Returning to Cashmir, the 



