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arsenal,*[1] and his two wives Devamma and Girijamma : and Siddappa Nayu who was Devamma's son : he took them and set out on his journey : but while he was passing near Pedda Palem, which is twenty-six coss from Anantapuram, in the way, [the Fury†[2] considered] that if Pavadapa Nayu reached [the shrine at] Gocarnam, she would lose her power over him. She therefore tempted him (*)[3] and made him

strangle himself and die. As soon as he died Jamdarkhana Mallappa who was along with him, covered up his Palankeen in a veil :‡[4] he said to the wives and child, Do not weep aloud : we are now in foreign parts : our business might (by your weeping) be greatly injured. So saying he strictly charged them : then he set out with haste for Anantasagaram (also called Cotta Cheruvu, or, New-tank.) There in the convent of the Saint Nidu mamidi, to the west of Newtank, in the year Pingala which is year 1659 of the Salivahana Sacam [A. D. 1737] he buried this Pavadapa Nayudu.


CHAPTER THIRD.


1. Afterwards, as Ramapa Nayu, son of Prasannapa Nayu [who was murdered by the courtezan] was not at hand, Siddappa Nayu (son of Pavadapa Nayu) was crowned, near (Cotta Cheruvu) 'New-tank' in the year Calayucti, SS. 1660 [A. D. 1738]. He thus came to the throne.§[5]

But Siddamma the widow of Prasannapa Nayu, who was at Anantapuram, on seeing that the realm had not descended to her son, but had gone to her (maridi) husband's-younger-brother's son; fearing what evil might happen in consequence, she set out, carrying her son Ramapa Nayu; fled from Anantapuram, and went to Muddu

  1. ↑
    • Jam-dhar is a dagger : the repository of swords.
  2. ↑ † Here Bramhatya, or the guilt of manslaughter is represented as a personage which we may render by a Fury or demon-goddess.
  3. ↑ (*) Page 18.
  4. ↑ ‡ Ghatatop, a Marata word for a conveyance in which a woman is concealed by veils.
  5. ↑ § This passage is a fair instance of inversion of style.
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