Page:A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts, Vol. 2.djvu/411

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Jloud&ka XHm/tki eamiirecf, cs Did yotl eter Sfrefciit Pa- thttctH GbpuraM at Nagapatnant which i* store* nded by a large Chahram on the top ?" Terutrttnjt Alxdttr answer- ed 1 , 4 - The Chakfatn that . revolved round 01* the top is entirely stop*." The Bon&dha Sanj/asi said " As that country contains a great abundance of Plantain Trees, the Chnkram has stopt ;" .He then etitfui red " Whether the Mohara Ciillu (or Great Stone Slab of the Gate) i* 6iill stantiinir or not,'* Terumenje Afooar anrvswered " It ta placed." Then the Bouddha Stin?/n$i said " As the conn* - try is Punji Perta (or abounding with Cotton), it is placed ;" Afterwards the Bouddha Sant/asi asked " Whe- ther the Garbha Guddi and the Ponyaru or steps of the Tank Kamatifr Ayala (or Tcruvatur were completed" he answered ■'• Yes they are completed,'* Tin* B&uddha Sant/asi said ■*" As there are plenty of Vralmfo in that country Li is therefore completed* Terumenje Alwar keeping these things in his heart, came to Nagapirtam, collected one or two hundred Men got *ome Plantain Trees and planted them round the Chahram on ihe top of Puduvali Gopuram. by which the movement and virtue of the Chdkram was entirely stopt* Terumenje Alwar then entered into the Temple, broke down the first Ankanam* and carried off all the valuable property upon: carts. On arriving near the village of Teruhonagudi the morning broke, thereupon he buried the Treasure and sat down there with his people. The Villagers coming with their bullocks in the morning to plough, desited his people to get up; but Terumenje Aiwar told them, *' This is our own place: no one can plough here without our consent' 1 Whereupon there arose a violent dispute among them which lasted till 5 o' Clock, then Terumenje Alwar pronounced a Malediction thai "No water should spring in that Nuii" and as this quar- rell was not settled in a satisfactory manner he cursed that." No disputes*, should ever hereafter be settled in this place" as he was troubled here for want of sleep he cursed, that persons under a Tamarind tree should not sleep during the night in this place. All which conti- nues till this time as described in the following Tamul Verse