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SIXTH REPORT ON MACKENZIE MANUSCRIPTS. 



( Concluding Section.) 



A: TAMIL. 



a : PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS. 



II. — Valli-amma-Purdnam, or legend of the consort of Su- 

 brahmanya. No. 121. C. M. 42. 



Another Copy, No. 122. C. M. 46. 



The first of these two MSS. is rather old. It contains 

 from the 1st to the 279th leaf in regular order: and then 

 breaks off, remaining incomplete. The Purdnam is given in 

 the original form of versification of the viruttam stanza, and 

 a prose version of each stanza is added. This copy is slightly 

 damaged by insects ; but not to any serious extent. 



The other copy is written on broad Taljpat leaves, contain-^ 

 ing the original poetry, without any super-added explanatory 

 version. It is complete : and continues in good preservation. 



The whole purdnam is divided intg> sixty sargas, or sec- 

 tions, It may suffice to give a brief indication of the con- 

 tents, down to the Episode, whence the production is made 

 to take its name. 



1. The enquiry of Sivacan made of Carunam-murti, from 

 which the production is stated to originate. Invocation as 

 customary. Table of contents. Eulogy of the country, or 

 Chola-desam. In the Cali yuga 4573. Sal. Sac. 1399, in the 

 time of Achyuta-rayer, the writer named Carunam-murti, son 

 of Arulalan composed this purdnam in order to remove the 

 effect of an evil denounced by a Saka ascetic, on Sivacan, 

 who had intruded on the former's penance, when hunting a 

 deer. The narration is given according to a statement by 

 Narcda at the command of Vyasa. 



