cf. the story of the ambitious Candala maid in
_Kathas._ tr. Tawney, ii. p. 56). King Raghu's generosity to Varatantu's
pupil Kautsa, as narrated in the _Raghuvamsa_ (ch. v.), is the subject
of a poem on p. 402. Two famous pieces from the _Upanisad_-literature
are also offered: the story of how Jajnavalkya overcame nine contestants
in debate at King Janaka's court and won the prize consisting of one
thousand cows with gold-tipped horns, p. 247, from the _Brhadaranyaka
Up._ iii. (see Deussen, _Sechzig Upan. uebers._ Leipz. 1897, p. 428
seq.), and the story of Naciketas' choice, p. 403, from the _Kathaka
Upanisad_. To this group belong also versions of Bhartrhari, p. 337
(_Nitis._ 15) and p. 338 (_Nitis._ 67).

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In the mythological group we have two poems telling of the history of
Krsna, as given in the great _Bhagavata Purana_. The first one, "Die
Weltliebessonne im Palast des Gottes Krischna," p. 246, gives the legend
of the god's interview with the Sage Narada (_Bhagav._ Nirnaya Sag.
Press, Bombay 1898, Lib. x. c. 69; tr. Dutt, Calcutta, 1895, pp.
298-302) with a close somewhat different from that of the Sanskrit
original. The second one narrates the romance of the poor Brahman
Sudaman, who pays a visit to the god and is enriched by the latter's
generosity (_Bhagav._ x. c. 80, 81; tr. Dutt, pp. 346-355. For the
Hindostanee version in the _Premsagar_, see Wollheim, op. cit. i. p.
421). In the Sanskrit the story is not so ideal as in Rueckert's poem.
The poor Brahman is urged on to the visit, not by affection for the
playmate of his youth, but rather by the prosaic appeals of his wife;
yet, though the motive be different, the result is the same. Besides
these, we find the legend of Kama, the Hindu Cupid, burned to ashes by
Siva's third eye for attempting to interrupt the god's penance, p. 266
(_Ramay._ i. c. 23, _Kumaras._ iii. v. 70 seq.), and Rueckert manages to
introduce and to explain all the epithets, _Kamadeva_, _kandarpa_,
_smara_, _manmatha_, _hrcchaya_, _ananga_, which Sanskrit authors bestow
upon their Cupid. We also have legends of the cause of the eclipses of
sun and moon, p. 365, of the origin of caste, p. 347 (_Manu_ i. 87), of
the fabulous mountain Meru in Jambudvipa, p. 285, of the quarrelsome
mountains Innekonda and Bugglekonda, p. 321 (Ritter _Erdkunde_, iv. 2,
pp. 472, 473). The winding course of the Indus is explained by a typical
Hindu saint-story, p. 335, s