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A Supplemeiit to the Six Beports 



[No. S3, 



The subject of this book is an account of sixty-three specially distin- 

 guished devotees of Siva ; whose leading actions, procuring them such 

 notice, are detailed. This copy contains verse only, without any prose 

 commentary. It is complete, and in very good order. 



Another copy, No. 14, C. M. 21. 



This Manuscript contains the original verse, with a brief prose com- 

 ment, or interpretation. It comes down to the end of the twenty-third 

 of the aforesaid votaries. The remainder is intimated to be contained 

 in another book, for which I have searched the collection, but without 

 finding it. As far as this MS. proceeds it is without defect: one leaf is 

 a little injured by insects; the remainder in good order. 



In a MS. book of the collection there is a paper containing an Ab- 

 stract in Tamil of the contents of this Fm^anam : and I refer to the no- 

 tice of that book, in a following page, for an indication as to the general 

 nature of the contents, which in the leading points are the same in all 

 three copies. 



Note. — These two palm leaf copies, with the paper Manuscript, are 

 entered in the Des. Cat., Vol. 1, p. 167, Art. 14. As only three copies are 

 mentioned, I infer that no sequel to No. 14 was at any time in the col- 

 lection. 



5— Manuscript Books. 

 1. Manuscript Booh. No. 8. CM. 22 and 63. 

 Section 1st. Periya purana^ or the great legend. 



This Manuscript is an abstract of the large work, on palm leaves, and 

 contains brief notices of the following votaries of Siva. 



1. Manu-neri Cholan, the king who put his son to death, for running 

 his car over a calf, in the street of Tiru-varur. 



2. Sundara-murti, son of the Sadaiyanar, who for chanting in honour 

 of Siva, at Tiru-navalur, was taken to Cailasa^ the paradise of Siva. 



3. Three thousand JBrahmans, doing homage to Siva, were allowed to 

 reside in the Tili wilderness at Chitambaram. 



4. Tiru-nila cand'ha, a potter, and his wife, by giving food to devotees 

 of Siva acquired beatification. 



5. Piigerzh, a merchant, and an inhabitant of Caveripum-patnam, for 

 giving food to devotees of Siva, was beatified. 



6. Iliydn cudimaran, an inhabitant of the town called Ilasai, a de- 

 votee of Siva, had his devotedness tried by reducing his family to distress, 

 and afterwards received tokens of favor. 



7. Meporul-ndyanar, a king, or chief of the Lada country, long waged 

 war, unsuccessfully, with a Bauddha-raja : at length he took advice from 

 Saiva votaries ; and at their suggestion, disguised himself as a Saiva as- 

 cetic, and with a Tamhira, weniio the palace of the Bauddha king, with a 

 book in his hand. The king came out to meet him, and asked him what 



