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 C 28 ] the Jain persuasion with a poisoned fruit. The seeming Jain presented the fruit) which the Raja had no «ooner smelled to, than he dropped down senseless. — His son lmmadi Bijala and his attendants hastened to his assistance, but it was in vain. lie revived however for a short period, and being aware who had perpetrated his murder enjoined his son to put Bdsava to death. lmmadi Bijala accordingly ordered Bdsava to be apprehended, and all the Jangumas wherever seized to be executed. Bdsava or hearing this threw himself into a well, by which he pe- rished, and his wife Nil umbo, poisoned herself. After the re- sentment of lmmadi Bijala was al'ayed, Lkmna Bdsava the Bister's son of Bdsava presented his uncle's treasures to the Rdya, in consequence of which he was admitted to favour and to a ministerial office at court. This account differs materially from preceding narratives — (see pages 15 and 20.) By Dharani dharendra a Jain priest. XXVL — Rdvana Siddheswara Cheritra. Paper. An account of Rdvana Siddha an incarnation, of Siva as a Jangama priest, cotemporary with Bijala Ray a of Kalyana. Having attended at the court in ragged attire, and been treated with contumely, Rdvana converted the whole of Bijala s territory into a vast morass — Upon the king and queen hu- miliating themselves before him, he restored it to its original state. The name of this person Ravana Siddheswara continues to be the designation of the hereditary Guru of the Kuruba tribe in Mysore, (Buchanan 1. 397.)