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'• one of the " eight elephants" of Crixhna-rayer's court; and of 

 I high eminence among those eight poets. He was great! y esteem- 

 1 ed by his patron ; and seems to have entertained a lively grati- 

 I tude, in return for the kindness shewn. As regards fine, and har- 

 monious, poetry these books are valuable 5 though one complete copy 

 t cannot be formed from them ; but there is nothing of historical value in 

 i them. As such I pass them by; without minute abstract, or detail. 



Note. — No 118 is entered in Des. Catal. vol. 1. p. 314 art. xix 

 under its erroneous title of " Sanhara Cheritra ;" and is stated to contain 



I an account of Sankaracharya, and to be written by Andhra-halidas- 

 venkataya, in which entry there must be a serious oversight. Andhra- 



I kalidas did translate the Sanscrit work entitled Sancara-vijaya into 

 Telugu ; but this MS. is not a copy of that production. According to 

 the Catalogue there should be a copy of the Sancara-vijaya in the 

 collection in the Nandinagari character ; but it is not in the portion of 

 the collection transmitted to Madras ; and the compiler of the Catalogue 

 knowing the contents of the Sanscrit work, was possibly misled by the 



■ erroneous title on the label. I do not know how else to account for the 

 mistake; which, for the rest, is not my concern. The copy No. 30 is 

 entered in vol. 1. p. 339, art. lix under its proper title; with a brief, 

 but sufficient, and satisfactory, indication of the contents. 



No. 118 is in good preservation. No. 30 is rather injured by insects ; 

 but not to any material degree. 



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13. Deva-rnallu-chantra, the story of Deva-mallu, No. 32 — Coun- 

 termark 36. 



This is a panegyrical poem, composed by a Brahman named Vencaiya, 

 in praise of a district chief named Deva-mallu, or Cupal-mallu ; the 

 word malla denoting the tribe, and cupal being an epithet applied by 

 the eulogist, in consequence of the liberality of his patron, who gave 

 money, not by count but by handfuls. Deva-mallu, had two brothers 

 named respectively Rama&vami and Vencata-ramanaiy a. The mallu 

 tribe derive their name from living on hills, and are connected with the 

 Yanadulu, and similar wild tribes, not aboriginally Hindu. The Khonds, I 

 understand call themselves Mallaru, or hill people. This Deva-mallu 

 seems to have been a mountain-chief ; though the precise locality of his 

 residence,* or rule, is not determinable ; and indeed the mountaineers 

 do not appear to form towns. As to the subject of the poem, it contains 

 a pedigree and detail of banners, and prowess; but, for the rest, the 



Various mention of the Mo W« -rulers occurs, in local papers concerning Telingana. 



