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• which Bijala was destroyed concur in stating ths fact : the following account of the transaction is from the present work. "In the city of Kalayna were two devout wor- shippers of Siva named Allay a and Madhuvaya. They fixed their faith firmly on the divinity they a- dored, and assiduously reverenced their spiritual preceptor, attending upon Bdsava whithersoever he went. The king Bijala well knew their merits, but closed his eyes to their superiority, andlistening to the calumnious accusations of their enemies com- manded the eyes of Allaya and Madhuvaya to be plucked out The disciples of Bdsava, as well as himself, were highly indignant at the cruel treat- ment of these holy men, and leaving to Jagaddeva the task of putting Bijala to death, and denouncing imprecations upon the city, they departed from Ka- lydna — Bdsava fixed his residence at Sangamcs- wara. Machuya, Bommidevaya, Kinnara, Kannathw, Bommadeva, Kakaya, Masanaya, Kola ki la Bom* madeva, Kesirajaya, Matkirajaya and others, an- nounced to the people, that the fortunes of Bijala had passed away, as indicated by portentous signs ; and accordingly the crows crowed in the night, jack- alls howled by day ; the sun was eclipsed, storms of wind and rain came on, the earth shook, and dark- ness overspread the heavens. The inhabitants of Kalydna were filled with terror.
