M* ^ other, but ought to be absorbed into Siva : you must therefore bring back Bdsuva, and be content to exist here as long as he tarries upon earth — on the conclusion of these harangues Kinnaraya rose to life, as if awaking from sleep, and Bdsava was immediately restored to life. They both fell at the feet of Machaya and the other Jangamas, and the Siva Ganas wer£ extremely pleased, and astonished at the power of Machaya, and they praised him, and said, he is verily an incarnation of Vira Bhadra. So they returned to their respective dwel- lings. The work is also in many places addressed to the Jainas, in the shape of a dialogue between some of the Jangama Saints and the members of that faith, in which the former narrate to the latter instances
- of the superiority of the Saiva religion, and the
falsehood of the Jain faith, which appears to have been that of Bijala Wiya and the great part of the population of Kalydna. In order to convert them Ekdnta Ramaya one of Bdsava's disciples, cut off his own head in their presence, and then marched five days in solemn procession through and round the city, and oa the fifth day replaced his head upon his shoulders. The Jain Pagodas were thereupon it is said destroyed by the Jangamas. It does not appear however that the king was made a convert, or that he approved of the principles' and conduct of his minister. He seems on the contrary to have, incurred his death by attempting to repress the ex- tension of the Virasaiva belief. Different autho- rities, although they disagree as to the manner in
