1839.] 



Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



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B.-TELUGU. 



a. Palm leaf manuscripts. 



I. Varaha-purdnam, No. 103 — Countermark 290. 



The subject of this work was translated from Sanscrit into Telugu 

 verse of the kind termed Padya-c&vyam by Singhaiya cavi, son of 

 Gaudanayak, in the time of JVarusimha-raja, son of Timma raja, whose 

 genealogy is prefixed ; whence it is deducible that he was the poet's 

 patron. 



The following is a brief notice of the contents. 



1. Adhydya, or section. Adi vardha (or Vishnu), at the request of 

 Bhumi devi (the earth personified) narrates the creation, the formation 

 of the elements, the formation of solids and fluids, the origin of Brahma 

 and other gods, and states various matters relative to Casyapa, Atri, 

 JVdreda, and other rishis ; also concerning Indra, and the regents of the 

 eight points (of the compass), and the various genera of living beings : 

 these matters are stated in some detail. During the Manwantira of 

 Chacshuaha Manu, a king named Parivriddha-rayen, divided his king- 

 dom among his sons, and became an ascetic in the Nahnisdranya wil- 

 derness. 



Section 2. R vbyan a king became desirous of acquiring mystical 

 knowledge; relinquished his kingdom ; and went to the same wilder- 

 ness as an ascetic. 



Section 3. His grand son, named Sudhyumna, acquired great power 

 and fame; and, among other exploits, went to the world of Indra, 

 giving an occasion to describe the apsaras, and other attendants of In- 

 dra's court. 



. Section 4. Indra being conquered by the said Sudhyumna, went to 

 the presence of Vishnu, who protected him in his celestial kingdom. 

 Further occasion is taken by the poet to describe the world of Indra; 

 its buildings/ihrines, attendants ; their magnificence, ornaments, and 

 th*» UJr-r'the model being the metropolis, and court, of a Hindu king. 



f '*W Section 5. This portion of the work is entirely occupied with the 

 /narrative of Dacsha's sacrifice ; the origin of Vira Bhadra, from the, 



