Handschejman.

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me.

Namovirating.

IV.

RANAVIRASING.

Viver offer

ONCE upon a time in the town of Vañjaimânagar,*there ruled a king, named Sivâchâr. He was ahe most just king, and ruled so well that no stonethrown up fell down, no crow pecked at the newCelch& 18 drawn milk, the lion and the bull drank water fromthe same pond, and peace and prosperity reignedPapae throughout the kingdom. Notwithstanding all theseblessings, care always sat on his face. The fruitwhich makes life in this world sweet, the redeemersed, he to him from the horrible Naraka of Put,+ a Putra, hehad not.His days and nights he spent in prayingthat God might bless him with a son. Whereverhe saw pipal trees( Asvattharajas), he ordered

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* Classical name of Karûr, a small, but very ancient, townin the Kôyambatûr District of the Madras Presidency.

+ Naraka of Put- Naraka is hell, and Put is a certain kindof hell to which, according to Hindu mythology, son- lesspersons are hurled down.

Putra- son, so- called as he protects he father from thehell of Put.

§ Ficus religiosa.