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him by her charms, so that he entreated her to return his love. But she replied that being a courtesan her love was to be had only for money. In order to procure with what to pay her, the infatuated monk went to Nepal, the king of which country gave a precious shawl to every monk on his first arrival. Having got the king's liberal gift the man returned. On the route by which he was travelling, there halted a gang of robbers who kept a presaging bird. Now, when the monk approached, the bird said "there comes a lakh." The robbers, keeping a sharp look out, were astonished to see only a monk They searched him, however, but finding nothing on him, they set him free. Then the bird sang out. "there goes a lakh Upon which the leader of the robbers, anxious to learn the truth, recalled the monk who confessed that he had concealed in his stick a precious shawl which he intended as a present for a courtesan Being dismissed without further interference, he hastened back to his beloved Kosa and presented her with the shawl But she flung it in a gutter, and told the monk who deprecated her folly, that he was a still greater fool to allow his precious soul to sink in the mud of worldly passions. On which the monk repented and commenced a new life of austerities. It was about this time that Sambhutavijaya died (133-169).
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The king gave Kosa to a charioteer, a favourite of his As Kosa continually praised Sthulabhadra in his presence, he thought that by showing his skill he would be able to gain her applause To carry out his plan, he sat down in the garden and pierced a cluster of mangoes by an arrow; then hitting the end of the arrow by a second arrow, and that arrow by a third, etc., he was at last able to draw the fruits towards him, and to deliver them to Kosa without leaving his place Kosa, in order to show her skill, made a heap of mustard seed on the floor, and putting a needle in it, covered
1 Cf Pancatantra I, 22.
2 Comp Av. Niry, XVII, 11, 34 (LEUMANN)
3 By a similar tour de forca is told of Drona in the MBb. I, 131 ff.
| 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 |