88 Sixth Report on Mackenzie Manuscripts. [iSfo. 30. 



Remark. — The two first sections are written on good 

 tYench paper, with pale ink : the whole is in very good pre- 

 servation. 



The remaining sections in the book are all in the Mahratti 

 language and character ; and have otherwise been attended 

 to in a preceding Report. 



Puratana-ragala, or ancient devotees. No. 23. C. M. 499 

 same title „ 24.CM.5uQ 



lb. „ 25. CM. 507 



These books relate to the life, and remarkable actions, of 

 sixty three especially distinguished votaries of the Saiva sect, 

 in high esteem with the Vira-Saivas. In Tamil the work 

 is entitled Periya-puranam, or the great legend. As a suffi- 

 cient notice, or abstract of that puranam, will be given from 

 the Tamil, any further specification of these books is not 

 required. The general outline of contents in both is the 

 same. 



D. MAHRATTI. 



Manuscript, Book. No. 59. C M. 749. 



Section 1. Account of Sri-hara cota'm Telingana: Deriv- 

 ed frbm' verbal accounts of the Carnics, and other revenue 

 officers. Anciently it was a forest. Legendary reference to 

 Trisancu, a king of the solar race ; to whom the first building 

 of a town is ascribed. Mention of Pandurangha fane, to 

 which a sea shell annually went by a subterraneous passage 

 from the sea, yielding certain sounds ; and attended with fa- 

 bulous circumstances. Great rewards being offered for the 

 shell, it was at length found. As a result the sea-king being 

 incensed, sent a flood which destroyed the town of the other 

 king aforesaid. People say that beneath the waters the re- 

 mains of a town can be seen. Further account of the deri- 



* Note.— The books are in good preservation, they are entered in Des. Catal, Vol. 2. 

 p. 26. Art. 22. 



