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 [ 25 ] XVIII. — Iswaragandngala Hasaru. Paper. The particulars of the Ganas .or attendants on Siva,who at the time of Bdsava's incarnation, des- cended on earth as his companions and disciples, to the number of thirty six thousand. XIX. — Ad ay ana Katha. Paper. An account of the Ganas who became incarnate as the disciples of Bdsava, and of Sivandtha, a Jangama priest who established the faith in Sau- rashtr a and exterminated the Jains. By Rdgha- vdnka. XX. — Saranu Lilimrita. a. paper. — b. Ditto. — c. Palm leaves.— d. Ditto. An account of the incarnation of Bdsava and the acts of that teacher, of Chenna Bdsava, and of other worthies of the Virasaiva religion : By CAa- napa Kavi. The following is an account given in this work of an incident in the early history of the sect. Formerly, when Siva was sitting in his Court, on the Kailas mountain, Nandisa being desirous of seeing the World of mortals, requested his Lord's permission, to descend upon the Earth. Having received the solicited indulgence he visited all the Islands and Continents, and in the course of his travels • came to the Malaya mountain. Theie he beheld a king