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vain that the king had commanded them to retain the clothes (40-70).
Kalpaka becoming aware that the king had used this artifice in order to get him in his power, now hastened to the palace to appease him To his utter astonishment, however, he was most graciously received by the king and pressed to accept the post of Minister. which, in his present situation, he of course did not refuse Thus the guild of washermen coming to the palace in order to prosecute the murderer of their member but finding him high in the king's favour had to return without having presented their grievances. Under Kalpaka as prime minister, the power and fame of Nanda attained its meridian (70-84).
A former minister of Nanda, and predecessor of Kalpaka, anxious to overthrow the minister made friends with his favourite servant and was informed by her all that was going on in Kalpaka's house Once Kalpaka prepared the wedding feast for one of his sons, and intending to invite the royal family, had a crown parasol, etc., prepared with which to present the king on this occasion Of these doings the fallen minister informed Nanda. at the same time artfully rousing his suspicions as to Kalpaka's treacherous designs of assuming himself the royal state The king had therefore the minister's house thoroughly searched, and finding the information true, cast Kalpaka and his sons into a deep empty well As only a pittance of food, hardly sufficient for one man, was daily let down for the prisoners, the sons resolved to give the whole of it to their father in order that he might save his life and revenge them on their enemy (S5-104)
The vassals of Nanda perceiving that Kalpaka was no more laid siege to the capital and reduced it to great distress. It was then that Nanda remembered the services of Kalpaka and deeply regretted his absence Hearing that one of the prisoners in the well had survived, he gave order to set hum free Thus Kalpaka pale and weak was at last delivered from his prison Seated on a palankin he was paraded on the
| SR No. | 010713 |
| Book Title | Sthaviravali Charitra or Parisista Parva |
| 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 |