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been his fellows in the service of a Rájá, who had ordered them to put him to death: they however only mutilated him, and his gratitude for their sparing his life was the reason he had treated them so kindly. They had no sooner uttered these words, than the earth opened and swallowed them. The servants of the Rájá returned, and reported the occurrence, when a fresh miracle took place—the hands and feet of JAYADEVA Sprouted forth again. The Rájú being filled with astonishment, requested the saint to explain these events, which he did by narrating what had befallen him.
After remaining some time with the Rájú where he restored to life his own wife PADMÁVATÍ, who had voluntarily put an end to herself, he returned to Kinduvilva. Here the Ganges, which was then eighteen cos distant, and to which he went daily to bathe, requested him not to undergo so much fatigue, as she would rather come to him. The proposal was accepted by the saint, and according to our guide, the river now runs close to the village.
The ascetic and mendicant followers of RÁMÁNAND, known indiscriminately as Rámúnandís or Rámávats, are by far the most numerous class of sectaries in Gangetic India: in Bengal they are comparatively few: beyond this province, as far as to Allahábid', although
Some of the principal Maths at Benares are the following: Rámir, Mahant, a temple of Ríma. MÁrá Rám, Mahant, a temple of RÁMA. RÁMÁNUJA, Khoki, Mahant, a temple of Sirá Rin. PerUSHIOTTAMA Dás, Khaki, Jahant, a temple of RÁMA
