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 2H THE INDIAN ANTIQUABY. [Jit.t, 1875. replied : " Without delay, in half an lionr, I shall bring," when he (the king) made him acquainted with the mann er, and dismissed htm. He quickly went to the place of that tree, but looking at it and finding he could not reach (the leaves), he said: '' What shall I do?" and felt distressed. Looking this way and that way, he saw the skeleton lying there, and 6aying : "I, with joy, shall now tread on this and try," he approached it. When the two munis (Durviisa and Kaunrlinyfi) saw that. iIhv said : " Oh, do not ! when the disciple of Devala muni, who, sitting in the shade of this tree, was performing austerities, trod on this and cut off (some leaves), he, by the guru's curse, was born in the womb of low people (Lulhja), became king of Karadikalpatta.ua, has (now) a good report, and is conspicuous by the name of the tree. Devala muni said he would become the master of the guru-caste, point out II. (to hit ?c), make him pur?, bring him (back), and as before, like us, live in the shade of this tree ; then he went away, and has not yet returned. Do not tread on it ! Go silent ly as thou hast con He joined his h; quickly went (hack) to the lord of the land, prostrated, and said : " O treasure of honour ! you knew the alienation of my heart, and have cleansed me. I am attached to your feet." The king took his hand, and put him in a happy position, Gambhira! J. The Jam Hear now the particulars of the janivdm, best of kings! I shall dilate upon the parti. culars which the mnni (Gautama) told Jo the king, so that thou mayest know them all. In the ming Siva built the glorious K a i 1 A s a. Vaiknntha. and Satyal oka for tho Tri- mtirti, gave them to the three, called Visvi ma, and said: "Measure the three (towns)!" "Wherewith shall I do so?" he asked. He (Siva) took and gave him the yafi Vfisnge (i.e. YAsuki, the king of serpi . then he easily measured the three towns, not feeling fatigued measured also tLe fourteen worlds, came to Siva's feet, and said : " So first part of the compound of ja, *, to mean " wrtSi*' '*' uses a verb of Un- root j'm to express " to come into oxi-: ,- a j, a ekem of thread ; lint the relator seems to k"0 it tie mean- ing of barrier. Thus, j*nie&ra = that which keep* the caste* within bouada. But the wurd ig not connected with the root jan, u is shown oy the T51ugu forms many." He said : " How many ? Tell me the- amount!" 1 "The top alone of the house of fcuiasa is ;'.H; the rest I could not met and left it ; Vaiknntha is 288, and Satyaloka just as many; all the beautiful fourteen v, have also just as many/' said he. Then he | said : s 'Ho ! Make measuring - | with care and pat them on your necks ; and if it meets with your wishes, Jet them be your si They made them carefu put them on with joy. [Then follows an account of how first Is vara or Hara dressed cotton, and in a certain manner prepared his cord ; but a.s the descrip- tion enters so mneli into details, it cannot well be understood without seeing the process actually performed. Thereupon the story proceeds to say :] On the first knot (gavtu) Hara fastened boat .slip-knot, called it the knot oj Pa and put it as a "■■> on the neck of Rudra Hari(in the beginning) span all just as Siva had done, (but then took his own particular course, and after having put the linal knot) called it the Jcrtoi of Vuhnu, P yt 't as (his) • on his own neck, bowed down to .Siva's feet, and then stood with his hands joined. Except tin- knot of tho left, B ra h m a vry quickly made all just as Hari had done r without delay called it tho knot of Brahmtf, pat it as (his) rjajhopavtoi on his own nock, bowed to Mri.b . and then stood with his hands joined. Visvakarma made (his cord) according to the knot of joined left and right, made a slip-knot of a hand-twist, put Hari's knot into it, tighten- ed it, called it the- knot of Visvakarma, put it as (his) yajnof ttn his own nrr-L bowed to Kara, and then stood with his hands joined. Siva looked at the fonr, and he, the lord of the world, spoke : " That no fight may arise between tho members of your luini- { aiitsi/ia), make and use these (cords) ! Who asks about tho walk of the world ? For tie walk of the Pai ..,. castes, fcala) has HoBJanwitra come into existence.* Regarding family tho Brahman a is Sri Mahesvara; regarding family the Kshatriya is N.ni '.jandira.y Both in Telujjn and ■" -t, and not j mi, appears . form. Janiudru, therefore, would wimi " sacri- ficial thread."
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