t is right and left hands served respectively to hold and beat his work, (while his -knee
answered the purpose o f an anvil. '
CH AP T ER II.
: Besides S a n g y a n g G u r u , S a n g y a n g W i s S s a created another dbgree o f mankind, v is '.
S a n g y a n g D e r m a J 6 k a , • who having humbled himself before W is e s t} , '^petitioned him
to- bestow ®n him a son, which was granted, and his Ison’s name -was Ch&tufi-
K a r d lc a .
■ C h a tu r K a n a k a having previouslydone penance, petitioned W i s S s a to granit him a
son, which h e did, and his son’s name was S a n g y a n g JC a n e k a p d tr a . This K a n e k a p u t r a ,
who was superior in abilities to a ll the other created beings, bei rig .grown up, was
sent by his father to, do pengBce in' the ocean, who gaive "him at lihe'same time a precious
stone, called r e t n a d u m i l a , fraught With the wonderful -power o f rentleTirig its ’pos^e'ssof
insensible to hunger, cold, thirst, &c. and which.-completely fortified him against th&
effects o f water, f i r e , # c c : C h a tu r K a n a k a also instructed his/Sori' to remain quiet
and silent during his penance.
! > CH APTER I II.
p Th e deities who were sent to remove the heavy mountain which weighed down the
w est end o f th e earth, were so fatigued with the labour it cost them that tlifey-Were all
very thirsty. ■ In looking ou t for wherewithal to quench their thirst, they disfcdvSed
issuing from the side o f the mountain a clear stream, o f which timy>nll'dfarik atid died
shortly;after,' the water being impregnated with poison, r' ’•
S a n g y a n g G i s r u himself hatting come to the mountain^ ,,and being also'vtery thirsty
drank from th e poisonous stream': perceiving however^imSimh; that the waterway
no t good,- he immediately vomited it, and so saved h is life. ’. ’ The-‘only bad effects tof-it
fras a blackness which remained about his throat, and from which he received the appellation
p f N i l a J L a n ta . Th e water was called ettifle t M t a , :which "signifies* the most
potent po ison/1
. Cn a further search, S a n g y a n g G u r u - discovered another stream issuing'from .the
summit o f the mountain, and o f which, the water w a s ‘of„an aromatic and* excelieiVt
quality. The name: o f this water was K a m a n d d lu , and was so called from - its'having
t£e property o f bringing the dead to life. '
Ip sfr ip te# fry S a n g y a n g G u m drank o f the' life-giving water, and at the'
same time carried with him some o f it ,in order to give it'to those .deities who had died
in consequence o f their having drunk o f the death-giving stream. •’< On the Water being
applied to their lips they all immediately revived,
| Whatyemained o f the mountain'.<a,Temoving'it from the west to the east formed the
h ill called P e m p a k a ( u t .C h i r i n g i n , in Bantam): IS
In the course o f the conveyance o f the mountain towards the east, a piece o f it dropt
o f f , and became the large mountain in Bantam, c a l l e d 'G U n u n g K d r a n g . Other pieces
fa llin g off became the mountains M a l a I h i l u , near M t y d ja P a f i f G t im m g C e d e , the
mountain
Wu r ite jn called C h e rm d i (which is in^Jn&ahJ^arid the G u m m g A g a n g , (which is in APPENDIX
to fe ll'a l^ th e way h lS n ^ /o n e ith e r side o f the
la rg e ’Wouhtain, durihg^its cdrivtjfeeTtfrofm the west fo the''reast, formed the two
ranges of^hiljs stretching’ along'-#if^3phtfr arid north,Coasts, and known by tlte name
o f 'G d m m g K e M t a t i g ) . ^
, ■ aftfl&rmed the Brothers,' 'called ^ S in d o ro 'and S in d d r i , or
■ ' dmplfryed^tran sp orting the mountain stopped to restthem-
s e W f f i n h i i t pa rt-o f the^ countryuTterward^' known by the Same o f K e d u ; and the
Jjerkpiration which then rari^off' 'bb’dies wasf‘‘th’g%luS£ o f that country* being so
^Il^UppKed with water.2“"'’
in his ’ease"compared with them
working so hard, askfed’howkhe cattle ,t<X he there so much at his ease ? H e
f f f w ’ . .^ p ’ordered, fiji S S n g ^ d k g ^ d m to remain .there and work for the
words, and at last a battle, ensued, in which all the deities were defeated.
So great was the power o f R a m d d i , whose mouth, sent forth flame, and whose
breath was fatal to those exposed to its baneful influence. ' '■
$ a n g G u r u interposed bis* authority^ aiid having appeased the ‘ combatants,
r'eCurne'dcto the work o f "'carrying the mountain. More'pieces o f the moun-
tain dropped, and formed' the mountains M e r a p i and M e r i d b u , into which the volwas
then breathed from the nostrils o f the
flery Y jm c iw 'R a m a d i . ’ '
( R a m d d f i h e n asked T ^ is e s a to g iy eh im 18^s'dn,"1^ rhicli was granted', and his son’s name
K a d d li . P r a m a K a d a i i reStemblbd’ his 'fether in every respect, and was
equally "powerful and formidable. '
pieces o f the mountain dropt, add- formed the mountains L d w u , W i l i s ,
A n i a n g , and K l u t , besides a number o f small hills. What remained o f the mountain
when it had reached-the east;1 was set down and formed the G u m m g S e m in s , (which
is in the rountfy now :cal!id P r o t io lin g 'g o ) ', '•'the1? height o f which reached the
Having removed the mountain from the west to the east end o f the island, the several
deities presented themselves be fo fe ' S 'a h g y a n g G u r u , who then ordered them to
take £«/a-grained wood, earth, and stones; for the purpose o f making him a heaven o f
the most transcendant beauty, it being his intention' to vie with the Almighty himself;
and in order that h e might’he on an equality with the Almighty, he gave orders-for the
construction o f a' b d li m d r e h u k u n d a , which should resemble the a r a s o f the most-divine;
and like Unto the S& r g d P t i r d o s he made the-Surg'd L o k a . To resemble the Y r n n a n i
he formed a M w a h ; • corresponding to the W a i h t l , or hell o f perishing cold, he made
E n d u t B la g d d b a , or the place -of filth ; similar to the bridge S e r a ta l m a s ta k im he
made the bridge- O g a l a g i l . H e at the same time made himself as many .ja®d<os as
f f | Almighty himself had m a l a i k k 'Q s r male angels), also 100,0Q1 wid a d d ris> (or fel
l d