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 212 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [July, IS 75. interesting in so far as it states the vulgar tradi- tion of how tho P a li c h a I a s came to wear it * The legends require the reader to look upon Siva UsS the Parabrahma, and upon hia phase in the T r i in u r t i as preeminent. They have not been fabricated by the oldSmirtas, or by the followers of Hari Hara, i.e.. such as believe that Hari and Hara are one ; but l>y the (Buddha or)f Vira SaivaB, namely, Liiigaytaa. The abovementioned S od d a 1 a B a c h i r a j a is introduced in the same chapter of tho Bamva Furdna as saying : " Did not Hara (i.e. the remover), surging with wrath, make a removal (apa-haraha) of the name Ear i Mara? " (v. 45.) " Eren Abhava (>!•. ft) • donor of important gifts ! Cotdd there be any such among the (other) donor-lords as would give what one wishes ? Brahma, Vishnu, Jina and the other masters, to whom hare they ever given everlasting bliss?" (v. 66.) "Words that say: 'Yishnu is all that Siva is {)jalhd- £iva-mayu) V, bad speeches that say : * The T r i - m urt i is the very Siva !', wicked devices that say : ' Tho A s h t a mu r t i sj are the very I', and those who say: '(Other) men are equal to Siva's devotees V cannot be heard (by oiic) without committing an excessive crime." Hari Hara, Hari Isvnra.or Hari D B va, if used as a name by Lingaytas (and other foa Baivaa), denotes "Siva who is the master of Hari." The author of the K;u i,. l:i !:.'■:, r,i I'tu-uixi) no doubt, was an opponent of the old Smarlas, and probably a personal anta- gonist of Madha vnchnry a Sayan a, r patrons were the kings Harihara and Bukka of Vidyanagara (An(gmtdi), and who was pontiff at Sringeri from 1831 to LS86a.d.§ />/■(• XX. "King of gurus, Qaataau*, lord of the rishis.l By you I have become extremely pure," said ng Ghunbbtn of Itatnagiri), bowed down at his feot, joined (and raised) his hands it o his forehead, in supplication), praised him till his tnoitth was tired, and made another good •Conf. Ud, Ant. vol. II. p. 214. t Though the l.itW vtn-rnr.; Buddha Sahw, : them. Alrimly in tho years 1223) -3D An. •, /:,-. B. i - Soe. L678-74, No.xsix. p. 285. J Ashfirn i'i rt i is 0M afflu MUM of $jm; the eight by which he is supposed to have manifested himself we: i "&t icind, air, buh, moon, and BotA Conf. the arrt-gagana-indu-ina.anala-niarut-aiil.:-. triiii- Tar&eht&oiusti in the beginning of the fifmi of L22M9 request, saying: "Why did the son of king Mfthandata of Karadikallu {i.e. bear- stone) receive the name of Hara' a Bilva I Why did tho name janixara come into exist- ence on earth? Tell me!" The mnni "Lord of tho land, chief of kings! Out of love I shall let thee know this. Hear!" (When Satyasivayogi thus related how Gautama once instructed Gambhira), the ruler of the land (Dttamottama rayaof Kantavatipura) joined his hands, and said (to his guru) : " Saty&siva- TDga, master of the munis 1 I shall be a for- tnnate man, my various sins will be burnt up : guru, I shall listen with joy if you h the favour (of telling me the stories)." (He re- plied) : " By the grace of the V i r u p a k s h a li ng a ofHampc that is very great on earth | 1 shall tell them." Chapter X. When Gamblura inquired about • the root of the two, viz. of the- manner in which king B i 1 - 1 a m a of Karadikalh'ipnra was born on earth, and of the janitiiid, Gautama, from love, told him (the following, beginning with praise).- '"When at the delnge the earth was covered with clouds, and together with the Trimurti was con- tinually sinking and rising like a flock of! and, without support, cried from anxiety, the beautiful B a s a v a (Vrisbabba) was kind enough to take it up with his tail, my ni: HarapC's Yirupakyha!" 1. King Bill' Hear, rnler of tho land, Uttnmoltama r I shall relate su that then mayest know all l'ambrahma's5[ guru (Gautama) eoramrmic to his disciple. On the tableland ofBajata- L'iri (silver mountain*) there grew in a lovely w ay th reo J? itva trees fit forK/i pnladh ara (the sk u 1 1 - bearer, is, Siva): two trio Ifith two lee and opposite to t lie two of this description there WU a Bilvn tree with one lcal'.f In tin- shade of the two there were two ascetics: Durvasn, an incarnation of Hara, and Kaniiilin_v:i muni. Another lord of tl:e munis, T)eval:i. A.n. of p. 273 of the earn? number of the J-.ui-. I Br. JR. rip. sir. xr. rinsed is Pump ft. XtatheooM nilu-ur Yidyfiank f Hero Panibrahma i •Probably tho Bin . Kailka. t The mewing «.f li,i., 1 ■f tm... party, whereas the ltavcs of the ether one ■were sua I
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