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ADITI, AND THE ADITYAS.

suddenly dispelled. A great flame burst from Mahādeva's forehead, in which a third eye, luminous as the sun, was formed. By fire from this eye the mountain

HAR-HARI.

was scorched, and everything upon it consumed. Umā hereupon stands in a submissive attitude before her husband, and in a moment, the Himālaya, her father, is restored to his former condition.