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aking open the seal. The other princes, unable to find out any way out of the difficulty, went away in despair. But Śréņika Kumāra reduced the sweet-meat in a bamboo-basket to a fine powder by repeated shakings, so that it may pass through the crevices of the basket, and having taken out a sufficient quantity of the powder, he began to eat at ease. Besides, the earthen pots filled water being new, he placed a water-pot in a wide silver dish and having carefully collected the drops of water oozing out from the fine pores of the newly-inade pot of water, he drank the water. King Prasénajit was greatly pleased with the intelligence of Sréņika Kumara
Another Occasion has been recorded At that time, there were several fires daily in Kuśâgra Nagara, and much loss of person and property. At last, the king made a proclamation to the effect that the person in whose house, the fire commenced will be turned out from the town It so happened that, one day, there was a severe fire in the king's palace owing to carelessness of one of the king's cooks The king informed all the princes, that all the articles taken away from the burning palace by the princes will be their personal property. The other princes took away valuable articles of personal enjoyment from the palace according to their individual choice but Sréņika Kumâra took a musical beating drum named 'Bhambha' considered by kings to be an auspicious sign of Victory during teritorial conquests. King Prasénajit became immensely rejoiced at Srèpika Kumar's choice of selection, and from thence forward, he named him Bhambhasâra which is very similar to the name Bimbisāra given to him by Buddhist authors The king strictly following the wording of his own proclamation, left Kuśâgra Nagara, and settled in a camp suitable for himself his princes, his harem, their attend ents etc, at a distance of two miles from the town. The settle. ment, was at once styled Rājāgraha' (tbe King's House) by the people coming there and going back to Kušāgra-pura Naga ara The settiement rapidly became a big village, and in a short time the village prospered into a large town, and it became
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |