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Thanks to R.R. Jain's study we also know that in its complete form the work consists in four sandhis having a total of 104 ka
avakas distributed as follows:
Sandhi and kadavakas
sandhi 1:21 k.
sandhi 2:22 k.
sandhi 3:33 k.
sandhi 4: 28 k.
Episodes
Prologue; King Maridatta, the Saiva ascetic and the search for proper sacrificial victims; two Jain novices. Abhayaruci and
Abhayam ati brought for sacrifice; birth of Yaśodhara
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Yasodhara's youth and death; the discovery that his wife has a paramour; his mother's suggestion to sacrifice a cockerel made of flour; the tragic meal where Yasodhara and Candram ati die from poison; his son Yasomati ascends the
throne
Parallel rebirths of Yasodhara and Candramati
The last rebirths as Abhayaruci and Abhayamati; final con versions; final prasasti
Available in the London ms.
k. 3 end
k. 4 in toto
beginning of k. 5 k. 21
k. 6 end
- Folio 4 recto to 5 verso and 7 recto to 20 recto
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complete, 22 k. - Folio 20 recto to 37 verso
The text of the London manuscript starts in the middle of a pada:
III bbhau pahi thiu desiyaham cakka I (part of 1.3)
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k. 1-5
beginning of k. 6 Folio 38 recto to 41 verso. Rest missing Missing in toto
The subsequent verses describe the happiness and permanent pleasures enjoyed by people living in this region (Yaudheya, Ap. Joheyau) and go on with the description of Rayaura (Rajapura), the capital town of king Māridatta: tahu desahu majjhi pasiddhu iha pammaņu nämem Rayauru.
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