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 eck tjr houses forjainas, and established worship without pro* cession in the Village (Gramam.) About six months ago a Jaina named Mailtadhar pro* posing to form a well for the use of the Devalam, began to dig up the soil; at one man's depth, they discovered an Earthen pot full of small brass linages of Pdrswandfh Tirthankar which they secured in the Devalam; when 1 went there understanding this circumstance 1 went to the said Mailvadhar and requested him for the sight of the Articles. 1 asked hun for some of the linages at a cer- tain price, which he would not agree to, but at last with difficulty I got one. I there obtained some account of Dipam Guddi toge* ther with that of the linages that were found in the Earth near the Devalam ; while I was preparing to go to Teruvalur an inhab.tant thereof named Tandaxa Ray* en gave me notice that at half a mile South was a place, where was buried abundance of Treasure by Kulottungb Solen; accordingly I proceeded thither and employed tout Coolies to dig to the depth of a man but, I could only, find some Earthen pots and some round black Stones, &c« April 1st. to 7th.— I went io Rajamanar Guddi and co- pied the Sthala Puranam of Raja Gopal Swami toge^ ther with the particular account of the Jaina Detaktn there. l't says that when Martdatta Maharaja was ruling at Rajamapur he prepared to celebrate the festival of the Goddess Chenda Mart in the mouth of Chittree^ before all the Courtiers; he then ordered a Taliari named Chan* dra Karmen, to go out of the town, and seize one male and one female and bring them directly to be sacrified to Chendamari in order to perform the rites of the festival. At that time one Sudhdtachari attended by his Stehj/a (ot Disciples) 500 in number happened to halt in the said Devalam, who had permitted two of his Disciples a mattf and a female named Abhaya rttcfn and Abliaya-matU to go without the town to take their food and to return di- rectly ; the Taliari meeting them seized and brought them to Maredata Maharaja, v/ho was much pleased and took a Sword iu his own hand before Chendamari the