1839.] 



Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts^ 



It derives its name from a Nelli tree (pliyllanthus ekiblica) under 

 which Brahma paid homage to Siva. Many Brahmas, to the, number of 

 seventy-two, worshipped Siva there. In a cleft some petrified Nelli 

 fruits, and an emblem of Siva, are traditionally said to have been found 

 by a Brahman. A specification of tirVhas, or sacred pools, belonging 

 to the place is given.. 



Section 3. Notice of the buildings at the fane of Rama-svami at 

 Talacheri (or Teliicherry). 



The details of this brief paper are not adapted for abstracting ; nor 

 are they required for any useful purpose. 



Section 4. Account of the principal fanes, and shrines, in the Tra- 

 vancore country. 



These are situated at Canya-cumari, or Cape Comorin ; at Susendram ; 

 at Padmandba- pur am ; at Tiru-viian-lcadu, of which the Saiva image is 

 called Keralesvara {from having been established by a Kerala king) ; 

 at Tinwattaru, a Vaishnava shrine ; and some subordinate places at 

 Co 7 attur; also at Chenganur, dated as far back as the time of Parasu-rama. 

 The details of these shrines are of no great importance ; except only as 

 they yield faint traces respecting rulers, by whom they were founded. 



General Remark. — This book being damaged, written in pale ink, 

 and injured by insects, was re-copied ; though the contents, are not of 

 great consequence. 



Manuscript book, No. 54— Countermark 744. 



The contents are four journals from Narrayan-rao ; the first from 

 January to July 1815, in the Vencaiagiri, and Udiyagiri, districts of 

 Telingand, the other three are relative to the Hyderabad country, and 

 extend from December 1815 to the end of March 1818. One or two 

 leaves are loose owing to careless binding: the ink is good ; the country 

 paper in the middle is touched by insects ; but the leaves having been 

 unglued, and separated, the progress of injury has been arrested. The 

 book will last, as it is, for several years. 



Manuscript book, No. 55— Countermark 745. 



It contains three journals of Vencata-rao for 1318-19-20, in the Hyder- 

 abad country; is written on various descriptions of country paper, some 



