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On careful reading of an inscription on the stúpa he knew that there were very auspicious starry conjunctions at the time of its installations. He soon conjectured that circumstance to be the cause of the non-vulnerability of the town. He, therefore, made up his mind to destory the stúpa.
The people of Vaisali Nagari, had become tired with the terror of a long continued seige round their town. They naturally asked Kūla-vāluka Muni as to when they will become free from the seige. The Muni replied :=You will be free from the terror of the seige only when you destory this stupa because its installation ceremony has been done at a very unlucky moment.' On hearing those words of the Muni, some people began to break the monument. Now the Muni secretly sent world to King Kunika to relax the seige and withdraw his army; people worked with double zeal in destroying the stupa. Within a short time the whole monument was destroyed even from its foundation.
After all the work entrusted to the Muni by King Kunika was finished, the Muni informed the king and with a lightening speed, King Kūņika made a strong attack on the town and entered it triumphantly.
King Cétaka of Vaisali committed suicide by falling into deep water. King Kûnika had the whole town of Vaiśāli destroy ed and the entire surface of town. area was furrowed with ploughs driven by asses.
From the description given above, it seems that Kūla-vāluka Muni was one of the wandering mendicants living near river - banks in forest-areas.
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