142 



A Supplement to ike Six Reporis [No. So, 



Cat., Vol. 1, p. 171, Art. 22 — which, upon the -vj'bole, may pass ; but an 

 oversight occurs in stating the work to be " translated by Appana, Sundara, 

 Manikya^ Vasaka" implying tbat these are the names of one individual ; 

 ■whereas ^/>/?fl'r, and Simdara, and Manica vasacar were three famous poets 

 of high repute : and, though their writings may have assisted the author, 

 yet the composition itself is of more recent date. 

 69. Chitamhara Coravanchi No. 119, C. M. 120. 



This is a composition of various metres adapted for singing, and may, so 

 to speak, be termed an opera : founded on the tale so delightful to Saivas, 

 of the transformation of Vishnu into the form of MoMni. In this work 

 Siva is identified with the image at Chitamhat-am^ usually styled Sahapa- 

 thi, or lord of the assembly. Mohini is represented as secretly pre-possess- 

 ed in his favor ; and on meeting with a Curatti or fortune telling gipsy 

 in the woods, has her fortune told, and receives a description of Siva as 

 seated on his vehicle, surrounded by attendants, &c. The vw)rk is a frag- 

 ment, old, and damaged. It is entered in the Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 204, 

 Art. 4. 



70 Paitanatfu pillai Ta7nilp>ddal. No. 194, C. M. 177. 



This book, in its present state, is a curious assemblage of subjects. 

 There are some leaves containing merely a table of bazar weights and 

 measures. Others contain portions of poems in very different metres. 

 There are some portions which from the title, I conjecture may be the proper 

 contents, that contain Ninddstuti, or ironical praise of the Hindu so called 

 deities. A variety ofpauranical incidents are taken up, slightly parodied^ 

 ridiculed, and turned into mock praise. And it must be admitted that 

 modern Hi^idii mythology, especially in the Peninsula, offers such incidents 

 in copious abundance. An entry occurs in Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 227, 

 Art. 47. 



71. CumVhakona Virahhadra Tamhiran parani. No. 147, C. M. 91. 

 In the title this work is ascribed to Otta Cuttan the truth of which 



ascription admits of doubt. In the introductory portion there is eulogy of 

 various names of deities chiefly of the Saiva description. The subjects 

 of the work are principally two. The first is the destruction of the Sam- 

 anai\ at Madura, by means of Sampantar^ which is herein produced, dif- 

 fering, not in incidents, but words from the account in the Madura local 

 legend. The second subject is the destruction of the sacrifice of Dacsha 

 by Vira Bhadra, the angry form of Siva. This is told at length. There 

 is it seems at Cmnhliakonotm a fane dedicated to Vira Bhadra, and hence 

 the praise directed to that form, because of the two leading incidents of 

 destructive character which are narrated. 



Note.— The MS. is complete, and in good preservation. An entry oc= 

 curs in Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 204, Art. 22. 



72. Vira Bhadra Tcmbirm keyfeyut No. 245, C M. 92. 



