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while she made but a poor appearance, and was accordingly ridiculed by her rich relations. Greatly dejected, she returned home, and being earnestly questioned by her husband, she told him how she had been treated because of her poverty (194213)
Cânakya, intent on making money, went to Pätaliputra ; for he had heard that Nanda was wont to make a very liberal present to renowned Brāhmans Arrived at the court he sat down on the first chair which was the king's seat As Nanda's son, entering together with the king, note Canakya's presumption, an attendant girl offered him another chair Ciñakya, however, did not rise, but put his drinking vessel on the second chair his stick on the third, his rosary on the fourth, his Brahmanıcal cord on the fifth. Impatient at his arrogance, the girl in attendance kicked him from his seat. Upon which Cāņakya, furious with rage, vowed that he would dethrone Nanda and destroy his power. He then left the torn (215-226).
Remembering the prophesy that he should reign through the intervention of a nominal king, he searched for a person fit to play that part. Wandering about he arrived at the village of the feeders of the king's peacocks (mayuraposaka) There he heard that the chief's daughter, who was pregnant with child, had a strange craving for drinking the moon Cīņakya promised to satisfy her, on condition that the child to be born should be handed over to him The parents of the woman agreed, because they were afraid that if baulked in her desire she rould miscarry. Cãnakya now caused a shed to be constructed, the thatch of which had an opening. In the
happened that Sulpicius was Consular Trbune in the same year that Licinius was Trbune of the Plebs, and as the younger Fabia was on a visit to her sister, Sulpicius, returning home from the forum with bus lctors, alarmed the Plebeian's wife by the noise he made in entering the house The elder sister laughed at her ignorance; and the younger Fnbia, stung to the quick, besought her husband to place her on a level, with her proud sister. (TAWXEY.)
| 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 |