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fight it out. Amaraketu ordered his forces to mount the attack. They advised him not to take an immoral course and pick up an unnecessary quarrel. At this Amaraketu was confused. He requested Madanaśalākā to lead her out of his discomfiture, and pacify the rival forces. Madanaśalākā requisitioned her divine powers. Creating a huge rock hanging over the heads of their rival forces from the sky, she forced them to surrender unconditionally. Amaraketu again became the king. But he was always on the look out for the loopholes of his past enemies, whom he wanted to punish. The singers arrived again and the king was again overpowered by his infatuation for music, forgetting all the painful past days. In course of time Madanaśalākā bore him a son named Amarasena.
Amaraketu killed some of the ministers and feudal chieftains. The minister Subuddhi advised the rest of them to bide the time. He exploited the king's weaknesses viz. his bedside company of Candralekha, the wife of the musician, and his preference for prince Sulaksana over prince Amarasena. Subuddhi slowly made Madanasalākā and Amasasena suspicious about Amaraketu's conduct and intentions. Thus alienated from the king, they were won over by the ministers and the feudal lords. Having casually got the clue about the time when the divine powers could not be invoked by the king prince Amarasena got the king kiled while in bed. with the queen Cutamañjart Amarasena was then installed on He ruled righteously.
Amaraketu was consigned to hell, from where his soul was reborn as a black antelope. It was killed by a hunter. He was reborn as Sūra, the son of the Brahmin Suradeva and his wife Śūrā.
The priest Süra, thus reminded of his past birth, requested the preceptor to initiate him in the order.
Canto 12
Acceptance of the Vows by King Vijayasens and His Their Journey To Heaven Jayasasana's Rebirth, Initiation and Preceptorship
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King Vijayasena and his four friends requested Sudharmasvamin to initiate them into various religious vows. The preceptor told them that the five Great Vows (Pañca Mahāvratas) being extremely difficult to practice, they should begin with the Guptis, Samitis, Pratimas and Silangas, while residing with their teachers at the monastery. The five
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| SR No. | 002651 |
| Book Title | Lilavati Sara |
| Original Sutra Author | Jinratnasuri |
| Author | H C Bhayani, N M Kansara |
| Publisher | L D Indology Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 1983 |
| Total Pages | 514 |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Literature |
| File Size | 19 MB |