1847.] on Mackenzie Manuscr'ipis. 143 



The chief purport of this MS. Is the detail of the names, the pri- 

 vileges, and places of sepulture of a line of chief ascetics styled 

 Tamhiran] belonging to the aforesaid fane oi Vira Bhadra txt Curnhha' 

 konam. The origin of the monasterium of this class of Vira Saivas is 

 dated in the time of the Nayahs^ that is, I presume, of the Viceroy's from 

 Vijayanagai'am, who afterwards became sovereign princes. The names of 

 twelve of those chiefs, or Tamhirans^ is given. It is to be observed that 

 they do not burn, but bury their dead. 



Note. — This book is in good preservation ; the close leaves a doubt 

 whether it be finished or not. 



An entry occurs in Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 214, Art. 23. 



73. Tondamandalam, Cholamandalam, Pandyamandalam rajahal key- 

 feyuL No. 241, CM, 66. 



This is a large book composed for Col. Mackenzie by Veda nayak, who 

 is now pretty generally known as the Christian poet of Tanjore. He is 

 the author of some useful works ; and of this book, and the CJiola ptirvica 

 charitra, bearing somewhat of an historical character. In this book there 

 are statements concerning the Pandya and Chola kingdoms, and the Ton- 

 damandalam or region bounded on the South by the Pdldr, North by 

 Cdlahasti and range of mountains, East by the Sea, and West by the 

 ghauts. The whole of the statements are too much tinctured by the author's 

 personal sentiments and opinions ; and by adoption of sentiments received 

 from Europeans : as for example that the Brahmans originally came from 

 Egypt. In some cases his conjectm-es, and hypotheses are very bold. 

 He asserts for instance, that the origin of the great Saiva fane at Madura 

 was none other than a li7igam placed over the ashes of a deceased king ; 

 according to modern ordinary custom, as regards deceased Saivas in ge- 

 neral. A sort of fictitious importance was given to the book from one of 

 its statements having been brought into special discussion. This may be 

 seen in the 31. Journal of Literature and Scie7ice,\o\, 6, Art. 12, pp. 144- 

 146, to which a reference only is all that is now requisite. 



The most valuable portion of the document, as I judge, is the account of 

 Kullottunga Cholan, and of his illegitimate son Adondai, the founder of 

 the Tonda kingdom, by conquest from the Puralalar. At Tanjore the 

 author was favorably situated to gather up traditions concerning the pa- 

 rentage of Adondai, and consequent matters. The events of the war 

 however, with the Curumhar, are better gathered from other Manuscripts 

 of the collection. 



The conquest of Tondamandalam led on to the invasion by Kulottunga 

 Cholan of the Calinga country, oxTeUngana: an event of great consequence • 

 and bearing on which there is a wide, and varied range of evidence. 



The MS. when examined was fresh, slightly injiu'ed by insects at the 

 beginning. It is entered in the Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 183. 



74. Periya Piirdnam, the great legend. No. 13, C. M. 20. 



