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an opportunity for the two to come together. The death of the two puts a curtain to the first phase of the story. Their revival as Children again initiates the second phase. The description of the hunting expedition is quite charming.
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In the Second phase of the story the Child given to Vajrabāhu is named as Jivasena while the Child given to Hemavati is named as Jayantikā. The two grow. Jayantikā sees Jivasena's picture and falls in love with him. Jivasena comes to know about it and proceeds to Hemapura. The two meet privately. However, after their meeting Jivasena disappears. Jayantikā wanders in search of him and meets a Tāpasi. She lives with the Tāpasi in her cave. The Tāpasi herself was Sukesha the Son of Veeraketu the king of Chitrapura, but was cursed to become a woman. Jayantikā who lived with her delivers a male child. The boy grows but unfortunately is lost in the forest. The
Tāpasi gives a miraculous Ratnamalā to Jayantikā and asks her to become Sukesha with its help and become the King of Chitrapura. Tāpasi also goes with her. Here the fourth Lahari closes.
Jayantikā (who is now Sukesha) wanders in search of her son and husband. She loses her Ratnamalā. Both Tāpasi and Jayantikā wander in search of it. They go to a Durgā temple and despatch servants in all directions to trace the Ratnamalā. It is found with a cowherd boy. The boy is brought and handed over to a butcher to kill him. The boy was the Son of Jayantikā and the butcher was her husband Jivasena himself. Both the boy and the butcher tell their story after they were lost in the forest. The
