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tion with the days of the week. A translation of astrological works 

 could alone develop the intricacies of the system of Hindu astrology ; 

 concerning which I have elsewhere made sufficient remarks. ' The manu- 

 script is entered in Des. Cat, Vol. 1, p. 255, Art. 5. 



12. Mairavana Cheritra^ or tale of Mairavana. No. 169, C. M. 158. 

 This is a plain prose version of a tale relative to the captivity of Rama 

 and Lacshmana by Mailrdvana, a being from the inferior world. Hanu- 

 man proceeded thither, and released them ; partly by stratagem, and part- 

 ly by force. The tale is of the wildest species of fiction ; and claims no 

 very special notice. The manuscript has the appearance of having been 

 copied only a few years since : it is complete and in good preservation. 



Note.— An entry of it occurs in Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 218, Art. 18. 



13. Sanghattar Charitra, tale of the Professors. No. 213, CM. 87. iThis 

 is a very imperfect fragment of a work relative to the formation of the 

 College at Madura ; in which there were forty-nine professors of the 

 Tamil belles lettres. Its formation took place in the time of VangishU 

 (or rather Vajnsd) Sec'hara Pdndiyam. The account of Tiruvalluva?', of 

 his Cural ; and of the destruction (as alleged) of the professors, in conse- 

 quence, are narrated in the work ; though only partially contained in this 

 fragment. For the rest, though a little touched by insects, it is in good 

 preservation ; and is comparatively a recent copy. 



Note. It is entered in Des. Cat. Vol. 1, p. 203, Art. 18. 



14. A fragment (the distinctive mark X 201 recently afiixed at the 

 College.) Merely seven palm leaves, the contents of which on examina- 

 tion are found to refer to the foundation and appointments of many Saiva 

 fanes by Chola rajas in different parts of the peninsula, with the dates of 

 Caliyuga 3356 and Sal. Sac. 245. There is a Memorandum in ink, on 

 the outside directing it to be copied on paper, and it may therefore be 

 elsewhere entered in the MS. books ; but, whether so or not, it is not of 

 consequence. 



15. Palani nondi ndtacam, a drama, No. 116, CM. 119. This drama 

 was written by a poet of Palani (or Pyney) and is dedicated to the local 

 god, that is, Suhrahmanya. The subject is the adventures of a general, 

 whose family is said to have come from Ayodhya (a general term for the 

 north) and to have been successfully employed against the Mysoreans, in 

 theu^ invasion of the Madura kingdom. He eventually formed an illicit 

 species of intercourse with a ddsi, or female slave of a fane, and stole the 

 king's jewels fr'om the palace on her account. Being discovered, his 

 arms and legs were cut off, hence the title Palani nondi " or cripple of 

 Pyney." He is represented as paying his devotions to the shrine of Su- 

 hrahmanya, in consequence whereof the amputated limbs grew again. 

 On this alleged miracle, the ironical praise of the shrine is founded. 



