146 A Supplement to the Six Beports [No, 33, 



12. Kamiapar, a vedan (forester) of Udupur^ was a devotee of Siva. In the? 

 mistaken exercise of his devoteeism, he plucked flowers and leaves, and 

 put them first on his own head in order to carry them for an offering ; re- 

 mains of savory flesh-meat of which he had partaken, he put into a plate^ 

 or cup of leaves, and carried this in his hand ; and when, in performing the 

 homage, he was removing the flowers, etcetera of the former day, he pushed 

 them aside with his feet which had shoes on them, and for cleansing the 

 image made use, instead of water, of his own spittle ; he afterwards ofiered 

 the flesh-meat which the god eat up, and then to try the zeal of the votary, 

 appeared as if wounded on one eje. Kannapar seeing this wound plucked 

 out one of his own eyes ; and the god heing satisfied retm-ned him his 

 eye, and gave him heatification. 



Remakk. — These few specimens may perhaps suffice to give an idea of 

 the contents of this " great pm'anam." I have however looked over the 

 whole ; hut have found nothing of more consequence ; except the proceed- 

 ings of Sampantar in the impaling of the Samunas, and the heatification of 

 the wife of Kuna Pandiya, for leaving the Jaina credence, and building a 

 Saiva fane at Madura; the origin probably of that mode of worship there j 

 for it is clear that before the time of 3famca vasacar, the Saiva credence 

 was not rooted in the south of the Peninsula of India. 



Section 2nd. Chola purva patayam. 



This is an incomplete copy, on paper, of the palm leaf Manuscript 

 noted at the commencement of my second report. It is simply a copy : 

 and comes down to a portion of the proceedings of Samaiya Muthaliyar. 

 The remainder has the appearance of having been lost : through injury 

 done to the book, by want of good binding. As regards this point the 

 hook is in bad order, but the first section being re copied, and the other 

 existing in better form, the preservation of this document ceases to be 

 matter of consequence. 



2. Manuscript book. No. 7, C. M. 761. 



Section 1. Account of Fidicat. 



This is a very roughly written paper, which states that the country was 

 formerly a wilderness, and was brought into order by one termed Iresi> It 

 mentions the landing of the Hollanders or Dutch : their forming a settle- 

 ment ; their trade ; their war with the Portuguese ; and conquest of the 

 place by the English. Some details are then added concerning the fisher- 

 men, who are numerous there ; and the kinds of fish which they take. 

 Some account of diflerent kinds of residents is superadded. 



Section 2nd. Account of Tiru-palaivanam^ Pomari and Gommadi-pudi, 

 villages in the district of Madurantacam. 



In this section a few historical references to the Chola rule occur ; 

 though it chiefly relates to fanes, and their allowances. ]\Tention of a 

 Jahia fane occurs. In consequence of the extreme carelessness of the 

 writing I had a copy made ; though it is but of minor consequence. 



