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stream of treasure, et cetera, and King Nanda made a jeweled platform over the place of the Master's feet. From that place the Master, unhindered, set out to wander like the wind in villages, mines, cities, et cetera.
Narrative of Tripṛṣṭha, Acala, and Asvagrīva (108–762)
Now, in the city Pundarikiņi, the crest-jewel of East Videha, Subala 16 was king. He ruled the earth for a long time. At the right time he became a mendicant under Muni Vrṣabha, performed penance for a long time, died, and went to an Anuttara-palace.
Episode of Visakhanandin and Viśvabhūti (110–158)
Now in the city Rajagṛha King Viśvanandin had a son, Visakhanandin," by his wife Priyangu. Viśvanandin had a younger brother, crown prince, Viśākhabhūti, intelligent, heroic, well-bred, politic. Marici's jīva 18 became the son of Visakhabhūti by his wife Dhāriņi because of rewards gained in a former birth. His parents gave him the name Viśvabhuti 19 and he gradually grew up, cherished by He learned all the arts and acquired all the virtues and gradually attained youth-the embodied ornament of the body.
nurses.
He amused himself with the women of his palace in the garden Puspakarandaka, which was the chief of very delightful spots, like Nandana brought to earth. Visakhanandin, the king's son, also wished to play there, but the garden was never free from Viśvabhūti. The slave-girls of Visakhanandin's mother, who had gone for flowers, saw Viśvabhuti playing there with the women of his household. Jealous, they went to Queen Priyangu and said: "Viśvabhūti, the son of the crown prince, is king here; no one else.
16 108. Prebirth of Acala.
17 IIO.
Prebirth of Aśvagriva. See I, pp. 352 ff.
18 I12.
19 113. Prebirth of Tripṛṣṭha.
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