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EMPEROR VIKRAMADITYA
Some days later a bard from Pratishthanapur came to Vishaala city. There he met Sadhvi Siddhashri, the sister of Acharya Siddhasen. The Sadhvi (female ascetic) asked
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Tears brimmed in his eyes. He said in choked voice
At present fire-flies of other schools are twinkling
south of here.
How are Acharyashri
and his disciples ?
| The Sadhvi became sad and asked
Why? Has the sun (Divakar) that is Siddhasen
set?
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Tears started flowing from the bard's eyes.
On getting the news Sadhvi Siddhashri also took the ultimate vow and embraced meditational death.
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