Picturesque Nepal . nativeplace is very far off towards the north, medi-tating upon what was passing in the world, dis-covered by means of his divine science thatSwayambhu the self-existent, in the form offlame, was revealed out of a lotus in the lakeof Naga Vasa. Again he reflected withinhimself : Let me behold that sacred spot,and my name will long be celebrated in theworld ; and on the instant, collecting togetherhis disciples, comprising a multitude of thepeasantry of the land, and a Raja namedDharmakar, he set out upon the long journeyto Naga Vasa. There having arrived, he beganto circuma
Picturesque Nepal . nativeplace is very far off towards the north, medi-tating upon what was passing in the world, dis-covered by means of his divine science thatSwayambhu the self-existent, in the form offlame, was revealed out of a lotus in the lakeof Naga Vasa. Again he reflected withinhimself : Let me behold that sacred spot,and my name will long be celebrated in theworld ; and on the instant, collecting togetherhis disciples, comprising a multitude of thepeasantry of the land, and a Raja namedDharmakar, he set out upon the long journeyto Naga Vasa. There having arrived, he beganto circumambulate the lake, beseeching allthe while the aid of Swayambhu in prayer. Inthe second circuit, when he had reached thecentral barrier of mountains to the south, hebecame satisfied that that was the best placewhereat to draw off the waters of the he struck the mountain with hisscimitar, when the sundered rock gave passageto the waters, and the bottom of the lakebecame dry. He then descended from the. THE KOT-BAR OR SWORD-CUT 9 mountain, and began to walk about the valleyin all directions. So runs the legend, and the cleft in themountain caused by Manju Sris sword iscalled the Kot-bar or sword-cut at thepresent time. It constitutes the pass or channelbetween the Phulchoah and Champadevi hills,through which the Baghmatti River leaves thevalley. This ancient and artistic fancy differsvery little from modern scientific fact, forthere is little doubt that this part of Nepalwas in remote ages a mountain lake, enclosedin the hollow of the same circular range ofhills by which the valley is surrounded atthe present day. It is probable that inconsequence either of one of those subterraneanconvulsions common to all mountain districts,or of the gradual but continuous elevationfrom its bottom, or from both causes combined,the lake burst its boundaries on its southernside, and that a large portion of its watersescaped into the lower hills through thechannel which is now the
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