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not as an ordinary saint, but leading the whole Hindu Pantheon, and the 
characters of the Mahabharata to boot. It is Gorakshanath, and not Siva, 
who grants a boon, or comforts a sorrowing widow on her husband’s funeral 
pyre. As he is considered in Nipal, so he is here, a saint whose austerities 
have rendered him not only an omnipotent but The Omnipotent, and who 
has always been proof against the charms of the most wanton Apsarases 
ever sent for a holy man’s seduction by a terrified Svarga. We are bound 
therefore to assume that the guru of the Lady Mayana, whatever his 
name was, and whom for the sake of simplicity we can call the Siddha 
was a Yogi, i. e. a S'aiva by religion, and professed doctrines which were pro¬ 
fessed also by semi-Buddhist races in Nipal. 
As this introduction relates to the Manik Chandra poem, I shall, now 
that I have stated my opinion concerning his identity, for the future call 
him as he is called in the modern edition of the poem, the Hadi Siddha. 
Dharma Pa'la. 
The Hadi Siddha was, as I have already said, of great power, but his 
pupil Mayana, by dint of continued practice of her magic art, became 
greater still. She could control everything but fate ; and the whole of 
the poem is nothing but a description of her struggles with that resistless 
passive energy. 
According to universal tradition both in Buchanan’s time, and at the 
present day, her husband, Manik Chandra was brother of Dharma Pala. 
This I have before shown, is an impossibility if the names are correct. 
In order to obtain an approximate date for Dharma Pala it is neces¬ 
sary to consider two lists of dynasties. They are now-a-days the traditional 
history, and they agree with Buchanan’s account. The following are those 
I have collected : 
1. Dharma Pala. 
2. Manik Chandra (his brother ; died early). 
3. Gopi Chandra. 
4. Bhava Chandra. 
5. A Pala Raja. Name unknown. 
6. Here Buchanan reasonably suggests a period of anarchy. 
7. Nila Dhvaja. 
9. Chakra Dhvaja. 
10. Nilambara. 
According to Buchanan, Nilambara was defeated by Husain Shah 
about the year 1500 A. D. ; and thus, allowing six reigns to a century, 
(a moderate estimate), we must date Dharma Pal as having flourished 
