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 t 16 3 the day, of a woman named Devaki in the race of the Kshetriyas; his hair will be erect, and he will have a mark on his forehead. In the fort of Bedim, a force of six lacks of troops shall perish. The country of Kales war a shall be mined by hur- ricane. In the year Durmukhi, females will be increased ; a great battle will take place near Balibkandar. At Anagondi a virgin of seven years old without a husband, will bring forth eight sons, seven of them will instantly die, and the eighth will pronounce the birth of Virabhoganasanfa and then die, — Three eclipses will occur in the course of one day, which will fall on the day of full moon in the month Margasirn. Allamaha Prabhu will be reborn from the Plantain tree; and C henna Basava again be incarnate in the Earth." Yamma Basava said, that he was desired by Jambunuth, the deity of Kumbhabharat to impart the prophecies which he pro- mulgated in the world. An army of three thousand and three hundred Crores will assemble and go to the Northward, and lay waste the villages and slay the people, and set fire to the palaces. People with Tyger-faces shall come to Katydna and capture it, and the Mullas shall take possession of the country— A king of the principal part of the country shall destroy the enemy in the North. Thence he will go to Kdsi and return to his own country. The enemies will again follow him, and lose a great many soldiers. Let the disciples of Siva hear this. XII. — B a swan a Pur an a. a. palm leaves — b. ditto. The original catalogue calls these works, the Yama Basava Purdna, but each wants the beginning and end, and the name therefore cannot be verified. The first is a dialogue between Chenna Basava and Ah lama Prabhu on the principal events and doctrines