s  Concerning  metamorphoses  of
human  beings  into  stones,  cf.  Old
Beccan  Days,  pp.  lo,  55,  75  ;  Indian
Fuiry  Tales,  p.  140  ;  Madanakamdrd-
jankadai,  p.  149;  and  Vana-parva,
the  third  book  of  the  Mahdbhdrata,
where  DaiTiiyanti  is  said  to  have
cursed  a  hunter,  who  was  at  once
changed  into  a  stone  ;  a  Greek  story,
"  Das  sohloss  des  Helios"  {Schmidt's
Griecldsche  Maerchen,  Sagen  and
Yolkslieder,  p.  106) ;  the  tale  of  the
"  Two  Brothers,"  in  Grimm's  House-
hold Stories,  p.  204  :  Indian  Anti-
quary, vol.  xix.  pt.  oxcvii.  p.  191  ;
B.A.S.  Journal,  vol.  xix,  p.  398;  also
"Tale  of  Four  Princes"  and  ''The
Wicked  Queens,"  in  this  collection.
In  the  Rishindma  it  is  said  that  one
spring  ShejfcA  Kfiru'ddin,  accompanied
by  some  of  his  disciples,  visited  the
Pir  Pants&l.  He  had  reached  a  place
at  the  foot  of  the  mountain  called
Zezah  NS,r,  now  called  LS.1  GhuUm,
where  a  black  dev  was  in  the  habit  of
seizing  passers  by  and  eating  them.
The  dev'a  name  was  Dahkadii.  In
consequence  of  this  the  SheM's  dis-
ciples turned  to  him  in  great  distress
and  besought  him  to  deliver  them.
The  SheiA  heard  their  petition,  and


taking  hold  of  one  of  the  ears  of  the
dev,  threw  him  over  the  mountain.
