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[ 5 ] tmney in his charge. Bdsava smiled, and giving the keys of the Treasury to the king, requested him to examine it, which being done, the amount was found wholly undiminished. Bijala thereupon caused it to be proclaimed that whoever calumniated Bdsava should have his tongue cut out. A Jangama who cohabited with a dancing girl, seitt a slave for his allowance of rice to the house of Bdsava, where the messenger saw the wife of the latter, and on his return reported to the dancing girl the magnificence of her attire. The mistress of the Jangama was filled with a longing for a similar dress, and the Jangama having no other means of gratifying her, repaired to Bdsava to beg of him his wife's garment. Bdsava immediately stripped Gangdmbd his wife, and other dresses springing from her body, he gave them all to the Jangama. A person of the name of Kanapa who regularly worshipped the image of Ekdmreswara imagining the eyes of the deity were affected, plucked out his own, and placed them in the sockets of the figure. Siva pleased wii|i his devotion restored his worship- per his eves. A devout Saiva named Mahadevala Machaya who engaged to wash for all the Jangamas, having kill- ed a child, the Raja ordered Bdsava to have him secured and punished ; hut Bdsava declined under* taking the duty, as it would be unavailing to offer v