the Eaft-India Pagam, 
which they promifed, and did according- 
ly J but Ixora being fenfible of the De- 
ceit, did with his Chacra or Scy meter, 
One of ^ cut off one of the four Heads of Bram- 
BrammaV ^^urfed the Flowers. Out of the 
fff bj IX' B^oo^ Bramma's Head, came forth a 
ora, Man with 500 Heads and 1000 Hands, 
named Sagatracavaxen. The day on which 
Brammd'^ Head was cut off, was ever af- 
ter looked upon as ominous, and named 
Pongalacha^ i.e. Dies infeflits °, whence a - 
rofe the Proverb of a thing that is never 
to be done, It /hall be at Pongalacha. 
The three Flowers were curfed, viz.. 
That one of them fliould grow upon a 
Dunghil, and be cut down there ^ theo- 
ther to be turn'd into a Crow, and the 
third into a Cow, 
The Brahmans further fay, That Ixora 
to expiate the Crime he had committed 
by cutting off the Head of Bramma, tur- 
ned Mendicant as the Jogti do, with 
JBrammah Skull in his Hand, till the fame 
Ihould be filled with Alms j whence arofe 
that Cuftora praftifed to this Day, that 
he who kills a Brahman^mu^beg Alms for 
1 2 years in the Skull of the Brahman killed 
by his Hands. Ixwa therefore beg'd Alms 
for 1 2 Years i for tho he receiv'd fufficient 
Alms, yet by the fiery Rays that darted 
from his Eye in his Forehead, it was all 
confumed and turned to Aflies in an In- 
ftant. 
One day as he was gathering Alms a- 
inong the beforefaid Mum'vs, their Wives 
came running with whole Ladles of Blood 
to fill the Skull; but not being able to 
fuftain the Glance of his Eyes, they were 
fo furpriz'd, that they let Dip not only 
Ixora at- their Ladles, but alfo their Clothes. The 
iuc\{edby i^/«ww feeing their Wives naked, did fall 
//;<-■ Mu- pelimell upon Ixora; one attacked him 
with an Ax, which he feized and got up 
into the Air j another would have killed 
him with a Serpent, which he took in 
his Hands, without receiving any harm. 
Then they brought a furious Tyger to 
devour him, this he killed and flee'd, and 
made a Garment of the Skin then they 
fet upon him a wild Elephant, who un- 
derwent the fame Fate, his Hide ferving 
him afterwards for a Cloke-, this ^x, f 
Serpent^ Tyger^ and Elephant^ are the 
lame Trophies he holds in his Hands. 
f^iftmm willing to deliver Ixora, ap- 
pear'd to the Mum'is in the fhape of a 
mod beautiful Virgin, which occafion'd 
fuch a Surprize to them, that the Men 
(as their Wives had done before) fell in- 
to a Trance, and Ixora fpill'd his Seed 
upon the Ground, which rtjlmm with 
his Hand form'd into a Child. 
Ixora being towards the end of the Relieved 
I ith year, quite tired with his Mendicant "^i'^- 
Life, had recourfe to rijlnum, who com- 
miferating his Condition, put out the fie- 
ry Eye, that confumed all the Alms in 
the Skull ; which done, Vijlnum wound- 
ed himfelf in one of his Fingers, and 
fill'd the Skull with the Blood, which put 
an end to his PilgrimagCj but gave birth 
to the Order of the Jogii^ who in the 
Memory of Ixora''s Pilgrimage, lead a 
Mendicant Life to this Day. 
Out of the Blood of riftnum a Child -^n^^^r 
was procreated, called rareu^ which oc- 
cafion'd new Contcfts, Bramma challeng- 
ing it as his own, becaufe it Was begot in 
his Skull, Vijlnum becaufe it came forth 
out of his Blood, and Ixora becaufe it 
came out of his Hands. To reconcile 
this Difference, Devaindra, a King of the 
aerial Spirits, perfuaded them to relin- 
quilh their Fretenfions by joint Confent ; 
which they having confented to, Dsvain- 
dra educated the Child at Devalogam^ 
where becoming a famous Bowman, he 
protested that Place againft Sagatracava- 
gem, who, as we told before, being the 
Produft of Bramma'^s Head, had 500 
Heads and 1000 Hands. Afterwards 
/xora returned to Calaja his former Re- 
fidence. 
It is obfervable, that if one of their 
Kings dies, they tie his Hands and Feet, 
when certain Soldiers come to threaten 
him with their Sticks j which Affront, 
they believe is a means to expiate the 
TrefpalTes committed by him in his Life- 
time againft his Subjeds. 
CHAP. IV 
The Children of Ixora ; the Nativity and Conftitution of Quenavady. The 0- 
rigin of Sura. Quenavady caftrated. Conteji betmxt him and Superben- 
ma. His Habitation and Gluttony. Funeral Feafls of the Malabars. 
cmren -v^xORA had three Sons and one had 5 Faces and r 2 Hands, The Daugh- 
Jl Daughter, the eldeft refembling an ter, who was as black as a Coal, had the 
Elephant, the fecond an Ape, the third FKeofaHog. The eldefl Son named 
Vol \\h ' P p p P p 2, mvady. 
