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 IMS TITE IXDIAN ANTIQUARY, [Fhkaiv upcountry man. He then went to the king's palace, taking ills sword and (due Id, and mdug thn jemadar in the courtyard hn told him ln» was an u|w"ortniTT man seeking for QffirvSdO, rmd that ho would undertake whatever no one ulna could ltd, Tttrt jomarl'iT i the king, and the latter ordered him to be brought before him, Siva Dis came very respectfully, and the king, being ptwisad with Uia uppcurauce, ordered hina to ho np pointed to keep guard in the eonrtynrd. So Siva DAs continued to oat and live there- Now tho king had for n long time boon subject to a dtseaeo which cams ou onco or ton month, and it attacked kiin just at this tima and ho became sotiscleBS* A great mnnv don-tors and physicians had formerly attended him, bat none of them could euro tho disease ; aa tho prima mini At er, remembering thub the now eorvnnr had tmdartalcoa to do what no otifi else coold^ -"in Efat l,iiii r,i iii" Idnga prosed ■-■■ ami told him about tho klngfi illness, £ivu Dis inquired the nature of the disease, and the king told him that a sound of weeping was heard to tho north, and when it reached his ears hn was instantly allocked by tho disease and liceomo senseless. Sira Inls on hearing this, wo itntl till midnight, and then, taking bis sword and shield, went twenty hot along tho north road till ho reached a high mountain, which ha ascended, and on tho top found a beautiful girl who wan screaming and crying, but shn woa rudly a lluks!in*u who bud Mnuncd tho form of i, woman, and when her crying reached tin- king's cars bo became ill. Siva Das asked why aim was crying, and tuld her she mast leave that place, and when nbo refused to go awciv hr» threatened to cut her in pica?* j she grew at that, nod assumed her own uhape atirl euinu tow unit him, and they fought fur a long time, but ai fool Int cut off oua of her arms, whion was fifty cubit* in length. She run away us soon an her arm was cut off, and the king's discaso ^^ ttayod. $jra Ima gbt he had bettor take tho arm with him hoV it in thnpidnoe, or no ono would talieve him: so be took it, and seating himiwlfon his sword said, " -Sword giv K take me and the arm of the Uak*hu»a. to the king 'a j m HiauLly hired up and deposited in the king's courtyard. Tho mat morning entry one was astonished at tin- night of tbfl arm i.f tfau KokahasQ, »od tho king was very much pleased with Bits Dais W*d| wishing to know moro about him, inquired whose son ha was and where he lived. Sivu Das gavn a rmo Account yf himself, and the king gore him his daughter in laarriago. Bfao D*ia remained thnrn for a few days after his marriage, and then determined that he would proceed in search of the dream, so ha took leave of the king and travelled along the road for a month, and then mounted his ■word and flew over tho aea to tiny country or the ICA kahtt s a a. An bo wib approaching, two Ttnkahasatt wens bathing m the sen, and one of thctn Haid, "I emL'll the ?cent of a wondrous man." Ai moment S^iva Dm descended beside Ihern, and they seized him and began to smell and lick hia Iwily. Ono of them said, " 1 shall eat man's flush/' the other smid, -No, br what is tho use or eating one man P ho will not fill your belly we will hold hhn to ransom and take him to the king, who will be pleased w kb ni." So they agreed on thia plnn, and held him to ransom and took him to lite kimr ail "See, wo have lvrought this man from a long distance for you * be pleased to accept Lira.** Tlio Tin kfihaaa king wu Mccsaivcly pleased to obtain Siva Din, but, liking his sppominee very much, he r irow eating him, and said to hia prime miniater, " I do TU to Ml this son of man ; ho in very good-looking and moat am king's son, so I will not kill him, bnt will marry him to my daughter," The minister laid tho long to do as he pleased, ana the matter was settled, and in a fow days Siva Dli married the Uakshasa's d Seme time be- fore thn marriage, &va Da* said to tho kbg, dangh Ler, but suppose sho should kill and eat taoF'* Tliofcbg ixplitd, « We ore BAlrshoj is true, bnt we do not kill our hnabnndir anil suffer tho torture of widowhood ; wo conld not OOTOmit roeh a sin," &va D4s was reo«inred ut hearing this, and ■pool eome time happily wiih his Itakahaj-a wife, and nn ho wua really fond of her ho constantly remained with her. One day ho told the kkig abonf tlm dream wbJoh bin fiither had seen, and how be hail com* to search for it, and asked if ho know wh» was to bo fonnd. Tin- king said ha hsd hoard that tho dream really existed, bul I m t know whwo it wos U> ha found | he heard of it from an ascetic who lived in the forest three
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