118 A Supplement to ike Six Reports [No. SS, 



(9.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1206. Vallala-raya the son of Vira Nara- 

 sinha-raya made donations of villages to various fanes, and to Brahmans. 



(10.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1208. Vira Somesvara Chacraverti son of the 

 last mentioned Vallala-raya made large donations of land to three fanes. 



(11.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1210. When Fi'm Narasinha-raya the son 

 the above Vira Somesvara Chacraverti was ruling with great equity, his 

 Dalavayi or chief general made large donations of lands to many fanes. 



(12.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1235. Bommana-nayak, the chief general of 

 Vira Narasinha-raya formed some villages and agraharams, which he 

 presented to Brahmans. 



(13.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1235. Commemorates other similar dona- 

 tions from the same person. 



(14.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1131. Vira Narasinha-raya gave to his chief 

 general certain lands in free tenure. 



(15.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1154. Commemorates a gift of lands in free 

 tenure, by Vira Narasinha-raya to Cdmaiyar, a Brahman. 



(16.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1080. Commemorates a grant of fourteen vil- 

 lages to Brahmans hj Cotanda-nayak in the time of ViraNarasinha-raya. 



(17.) Dated in Sal. Sac. 1085. Vishnu Danda-nayak the mantri, or mi- 

 nister, of Narasinha-raya having several lands placed at his disposal, by 

 permission of the said king, bestowed them on various Brahmans. 



Bemark. — Some of the preceding inscriptions are of earlier date, and 

 greater value than usual. They require to be compared with the Manu- 

 script entitled Congudesa Bajakal, as they seem to relate to the line of 

 princes therein given ; and (if I remember aright,) some of these dates 

 and inscriptions are therein introduced. 



Ne54;. — This manuscript is injured, or damaged in a few places by the 

 breaking off of portions at the edges, injuring the writing, and now irre- 

 coverable ; for the rest the document is in good preservation. 



3. Iru-samaiya-tirasu, or balance of the two systems, No. 202 CM. 181- 



This is a poem of the Viruttam kind, divided into 13 Chapters or Sec- 

 tions. It is a work strongly and argumentatively condemnatory of Hin- 

 duism. It states the ordinary view of the system, which makes Brahma 

 the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Siva the destroyer. 



It expostulates on the want of homage to the acknowledged Creator ; 

 argues on the wives and families of gods, on the alleged penances perform- 

 ed by them, and on being represented as fighting with Asuras, and a 

 variety of similar topics. The falsity of Hinduism is inferred ; and then 

 the Christian system is introduced and its leading points detailed. On 

 inquiry I find it to have been the production of a Valldla man, formerly 

 a butler to Mr. Harrington ; who after visiting England adopted the 

 European dress, and was sent out to Madras as a Socinian teacher. He 

 was well known as the late Mr. William Eoberts. The book I learn was 



