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Manuscript book, No. 47— Countermark 737. 

 Ancient record concerning 1 N arayan-varam. 



The commencement of this document adverts to the creation by 

 Brahma, and then immediately refers to Vaivawata menu ; to his son 

 Jcshvaca ; and to the ten sons of the latter, who have names given to 

 them that appear to be fictitious. Only four brief pages are thus oc- 

 cupied. There is then a marvellous anachronism in referring to Cari- 

 Cala-Chola, and to a story which, in other documents, is connected with 

 Kulottunga Cholan. In performing penance at Seshdchalam he had a 

 son by a Naga-canya, which son is simply termed Chacraverti (aliter 

 Tondaman or Adondai). This Chacraverti going to Vencatachala had 

 a vision of the god; and, on the hill, found a stone image which he caus- 

 ed to be enshrined, and endowed. He is then termed Go- Chacraverti, 

 and his son is named Sundhama raja. His son was Sura sir a, and his 

 son Narayana raja. 



The narrative then passes at once to MWhlla d,4sam, in the extreme 

 north. A king of this country named Govasambuna-rqja performed 

 penance addressed to Vencatachala svami (a form of Vishnu) accom- 

 plished as it seems, at Vencatachala or Tripety : on the god appearing 

 to know what he wanted, he "requested to be allowed to reign over the 

 neighbourhood of the fane, transmitting the kingdom to his posterity. 

 The request was granted by directing the worshipper to go to his ser- 

 vant Narayana, that ruled at Narayan pari, who would thereupon make 

 over to him, the applicant, half of the sai l Narayan' s kingdom ; which 

 gift, on application, Govasambuna accordingly obtained. The name of 

 his eldest son was Vencata raja, whose three brothers were respective- 

 ly named Ubajala-raja, Acasa-raja, and Mitr a-verma-raja. The son 

 of the last mentioned was Acasa-raja, who being instituted to the king- 

 dom, the father retreated to do penance. Acasa-raja, having no child, 

 made a golden image of a goddess which he purposed to worship; but 

 was addressed by an aerial voice, instructing him to consider that 

 image as his child, by the name of Pasha-trivati ; and, upon doing 

 so, a son should be born to him. In a neighbouring wilderness called 

 JJdyana-vanam, the muni named Nareda, when doing penance, saw a 

 very beautiful female form, and on asking who she was, a reply was 

 given that she was called Pacsha-trivani and was The child of Acdsa 

 raja. Nareda told her she w r ould become the wife of Vencatachala-svami ; 



