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my story, who was a Sanias of high repute, a most 
holy man, and a powerful worker of miracles. 
“ Before I proceed with my tale, I shall inform you 
how it happened that the place was thus named after 
the Sanias, in order that you may he sensible of his 
exceeding sanctity. After a life of rigid devotion to his 
religion, and of the severest penance and pilgrimage, 
this holy Sanias suddenly withdrew from the world, 
and none were informed of the time or manner of 
his departure. Hundreds of years afterwards how- 
ever, when only the tradition of his holiness remained, 
it happened that a raja of the place was building new 
works upon the fort ; and while digging the foundation, 
the workmen were suddenly surprised by a loud outcry 
from beneath the solid earth ; and on looking narrowly 
at the spot whence they had withdrawn their tools, 
they found marks of blood, and seeing the earth move,' 
and hearing the voice continue its complaint, they 
cleared the spot and found that they had wounded the 
head of a man who was lying in the earth. This 
proved to be the very Sanias, who hundreds of years 
before had lived above ground at that place ; all 
the intervening years he had spent in meditation, 
and still so much was he bent upon the mysteries of 
his own thoughts, that instead of desiring to see the 
daylight, he requested the workmen to cover him up 
again. He was immediately obeyed, and instead of 
building the new fortifications, the raja ordered the 
present temples to be erected over the spot, as also 
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