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" r6t arrived, and prayed for a Nhg or spring in which t o bathe and be
l L cleansed from his sins. A stream then issued from the head of the
" destroyer which, 011 arriving a t Wun~poo,was szoallowed by a certain
" demon, rejoicing in the name of Ealneemie As971r. A sec011d spring
' l was in like nlanner s~vallomeclby the t l ~ i r s t ydemon. Whereupon
l L Raja Bh4gBrbt descencled froin his place of prayer a t Vetust.a Khoond,
" (Knlneemie Assur had probably graduated in the Vedic art of self-
" defence!) I n fact i t seems a polite may of stating that the Raja
" got the worst of it,' as the demon is stated to have ' l given cl~ase,"
" and t o have come u p as far as Hurnag (Virnag) in pursuit. A t this,