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VIII, 1, 23.
observed the change in his appearance, he ordered the people to leave the room, drew the curtain, tied him fast to a pillar, placed his wife in front of him, cut through the skin of the belly, drew the twisted intestines out, and showed them to his wife (saying), 'Look here what the disease was, from which your husband was suffering. This is the reason why he neither can digest the rice-milk which he drinks, nor can digest the food of which he partakes, nor is able to ease himself in the regular way, and why he has grown lean, and looks disfigured and discoloured, and (why his complexion has become) more and more yellow, and the veins have stood out upon his skin.' (Speaking thus), he disentangled the twisted intestines, put the intestines back into their right position), stitched the skin together, and anointed it with salve. And before long the Benares setthi's son regained his health.
Then the setthi of Benares (saying to himself), My son stands here restored to health,' gave sixteen thousand (kâhâ panas) to Givaka Komârabhakka. And Givaka Komârabhakka took those sixteen thousand (kâhâpanas), and went back again to Rågagaha.
23. At that time king Paggota (of Uggeni) was suffering from jaundice. Many very great and world-renowned physicians came and were not able to restore him to health; they received much gold and went away. Then king Paggota sent a messenger to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra (with the following message): 'I am suffering from such and such a disease ; pray, Your Majesty', give
This passage in which king Paggota is represented as addressing king Bimbisâra by the respectful expression deva'may in our
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |