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married trie sister of Crishna, by a stratagem ; much to the 

 discontent of Crishna 9 s elder brother Bala- Rama. 



The work is not complete, the first three or four leaves 

 are wanting at the beginning ; hence the Poet's patron, by 

 name, is not now found in the book. His own name is stated 

 ! to be Vencata-Raja ; who however may have had some other 

 name, or title. The remains of the sections in the Padya- 

 cavyam measure are found ; if complete, as I am told, the work 

 contains six sections. The leaves, in the beginning, are broken 

 off at the ends, the remainder is of fresh appearance, and in 

 good preservation.* 



8. Samba-vilasam, a Poem. No. 67. C. M. 404. 



This Poem, in the Padya-cavya metre, relates to the ad- 

 ventures of Samba, a son of Crishna, who associated with the 

 Chengi-ipeoiple or wild foresters ; and ultimately carried offa< » 

 daughter of Duryodhana. It is founded in a'part of the 

 Bhayavatam. The author's name is Vencata-ramana. The 

 beginning, and three following sections, are contained in this 

 MS. ; but other sections are wanted ( £o complete the work. 

 It is old, and slightly injured by insects ; but not to any 

 serious extent.f , 3 



9. Kiratarjunya. No. 28. 



10. Same title. No. 83. C M. 379. 



The subject of this Poem, in Padya-cavyam metre, is the 

 penance of Arjuna near the Himalaya mountain ; and the 

 battle between him and Siva, disguised as a hunter, which 

 led to the obtaining, by Arjuna, of super-human weapons. 



The two copies are very incomplete ; and, in consequence 

 the writer's name does not appear, in either of them. In both 



* Note.— It is entered in the Des. catal. Vol. 1. p. 343. Art. 65. 

 t Note.— It is entered in Des, catal. Vol. 1. p. 336. Art. 52. 



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