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I. — Tiruvaranda Ndtaka. a. Palm leaves — b. ditto — c. ditto— d. ditio«-«. ditto> A dramatic version of the legend of one of the Chola Princes offering his son to Siva to expiate the involuntary death of a calf by the youths and the restoration of the latter to life by the favour of the deity — see page 167. — By Terumalaya.

II. Kusalava Nataka. a. Palm leaves — b. ditto— c. ditto* A drama on the birth of Kusa and Lava, the Bonsof Rama, borne by Sita, after her exile^ and their reunion^ and that of their mother with Rdtna. The drama appears to be a loose translation of the AJttara Rama Cheritra of Bhavabfiuti—By Bi^ nadhitten.