Sthaviravali Charitra or Parisista Parva

SR No.: 010713
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1932
Total Pages: 467
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 12 MB

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CONTENTS.
Tas not able to grow wheat and sugarcane He repented when it was too late (356-378) Jambû replied that he would not act foolishly like the cron in
The 5th story (380–105)
In the Vindhya hills an old elephant once stumbled in the dry bed of a torrent and died. Many beasts of prey assembled about the carcass, and findmg no other way attacked it by the anus A greedy crow forcing his way into the interior lost himself in the inflated mass The sun shone upon the carcass, and by the influence of its rays the anus closed 1 Then the rains set in, and the torrent swelled carrying the dead elephant into the Narmadā Thence it drifted into the ocean There the skin of the elephant burst and the crow got out of its prison. Flying about, the crow could discover no land, but was forced to remain on the floating carcass, and when the latter was gradually eaten up by fishes, the crow Tas drowned in the sea
The carcass of the elephant is to be compared to woman , the ocean to the Samsára, and the crow to man. He who hankers after women will sink in the Samsira
Padmasri objected that the known should not be given up for the unknown, illustrating this sentence by
The 6th story of the monkey (407-430)
In a wood on the Ganges there lived a couple of monkeys who loved each other tenderly Once the male monkey jumped carelessly fell down and died, but rose at once as a man, such was the holiness of the place ? His spouse followed his example and became a gırl of great beauty The man, hoping to become a god by repeating the experiment, jumped again, but was changed into a monkey The woman was found and brought before the king, who made her his favourite consort' The monkey was caught by strolling actors and taught to dance
1 A somewhat similar incident is related in the 12th Taianga of the Katha Sarıt Sagara, see p 77 of Tawney's translation
. In the Kathā Kośa a bathing-place is mentioned, which has the porrer of turning animals into men Tiro monkeys created by magic are hcărd talking about it Sanskrit College US., Folio, 19 B (TAWNEY )