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Jurtumr, 18"5.] OLD KAHABESB T.lTEUATTTTlE. 17 answer, declared the stranger* to bft the victor*. and guru them a testimonial to that effect. patYn). Than the two returned to the garden. Tim in another disgttine, they entered the town at another gate, went, again into * temple of Brahma* and a similar OOOai took place- After eight nneh meeting*, during each of which Manovega plainly shows the foolish- ness of llrahmaniciU horu and dotty taJea, the friend* return to their home. I have stilt to mention two valuable Jama Com- DM&t&rh ■ — 10. A. commentary in Kaoarcso on the Amara ■ , polled Ndchii 11. A commentary on Habiyudua'a dictionary, the Aln'dhdaamtn&vidM. Hiita Li The Li&gAitas or Linguvautos (not meaning the AnVlliyn Brahmans, who also wear thn Imgn), have always been very active in expressing their ideas in poetry. At first, as it appears, they used Sanskrit, and perhaps Tclugn, as their medium-. fur in itanoS, thn poet SoraeSvsm of 1*41- kurlks wrote • MNfrjfl in one or the of the two language* : t do not know wbotnCf it is still extant in the anginal, hut we havo a transla- tion of it in Kanarese. Tho following ore Kanaresc LiEgAita works *— 1. Tho SuUHm of Someavara of Poiku rike, who lived in tho time of tho B«fla|a kings. It constats '•versos in tho Mattobha Vikri <} am! contain* lomo moral end other reflections on various subject*. Tho 7th revse may lOTfoa* aspocmv.'n: " Barn. Hsttil rich - fill Somnavum (#■(•»)! Tbongh 906 Mo of the wood i« which the bird roves becomes barren, will no fruitful tree grow for El ? Though one Hdwot fades, will there ho no flower for the black boos t Though always one sehV i rum Iks against tho pooh or ono is parsimonious, will nol stantlysome liberal parsons be bom on earth r" The poem occasionally otters soma really fine thoughts. HhlmVs Batam Ptwtf**,* til chapters in &itpon-i-a trauHhitiun of the obove-monritraed Bonwivaro* Boso* work a.p. bifid, I ■k'es that &ivu ft thn bull of K'hIAm. r ■-, the earth to become th» ton of MiWlaUmbikc, c of Atandige A! A Hi raj a, > if I hi* town af Bagavadi in KamAts. and to moke the iiuga worship imlopenl Brahmanism. Haiuil being horn of IMP, and being called flmava (Vriabnbhrth in court* 1 lb* court of Uijjala. thft king of Kaly&aspura, on the Tuugabhadra, as nnil hy the power of his high position, by doing wonders and giviug iiutmc Hon, <ili! a! I bo could to promote the growth of ^k nl he instigated some of hiii followers to murder B i j j a a , who hud no lusting fjili ii hi Ltingavantism. Accord to one account 8 a s a v a died 81A ju>. (Kali 3£ll). One of lii'i ■taries runs thns 3 " Once when Tla* hutu, with pleasure was Hitting in the tumunbly of the king (UijJbIu), he oaUodooi: ' It will not be spilled. Do nut fear ! Holla !' and with excitement ' >"d out his hands, ni k? at till were lilting up an earthen vessel. Then said Uijjtda : ' Ho who has smeared a little flngar's ashes on his body become*) mad to the dugrec of a mountain I Saoh m ft true Baying.' and gently Laughing addressed Basavn; "Alas, master Bo- bat Siva's madness eomsnpon thee too? lias the feeling of dovotedncs* risen to thy head ? Why did-t thou, as if raving, suddenly call oat in thoaasambty of the mid people (asaauf, we, people ttIh* worship Siva with his three eyes, and who at tho samo time are ottrioas oha L»m- selvas) : " Do not fear !" juyfally lift up thy arms, stretch them out and ad< as if thou seized* t same- thing T Then said Basav-^ the ""»■■ of good prop^rtiex which one has to each. Other i bni if I du not toll, tho assctnbly will laugh. Hear, therefore. O king ' of yonder Tripnrantaka (Sivn'i temple, abonft six miles from here, is a renowned Kapdearara (liCga). m da devotee* from lotc. woji giving it a bath of a thousand and one hundred ■ :t ,ut of milk, this ran fr in a stream, and by the walking of elephants a rum My «ji»o,gmlre was pnxluoetL In one of tlw streets with such deop mncl a female of the name of KAbakn carried bntiermiik for sale, when her foot slipped, and she with in-mhKng looked in this direction, and oallsd out ; ' Bs h and take the falling pot !" Tlum, hefbre it could fail* I raised fchs pa* by strotcl i , Is in thafc iliroction.' " Tbo king, who had his d ■ d brought, who corroborated Bassva's staU'ineul.y lkMidos logeiuls rogarding Baaava* the Par contains many nt how reganl a hefbro bim, or at tho mmo time with bitu. ^ Virrt ttukuhn'rtCAanaaBrt nnWH cd s.n* I5bVn tKI ehapt»rr»in UiS Ssfpsm D prntBiii thulegend of (' h a n n a B a » a v a, who was one of Basava's near ndations and follow-labourcrs r. flesv tir. P.- Am. So*, ml. VU1. pp. ®-^ . imidlntkia by ikv ftm. d. wTxwh. J; '. iSiSSSm:3L w^o"toV. »-*,*.*.•» «lwii»»-«.