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PARIŠIŞTAPARTAN him a son for whom he decided to secure the succession Dis. gused as a mainstrel he went to Patalıputra and won the hearts of the people by his fine roice At last the king heard of the famous blind minstrel, and ordered him to perform in his presence Kunāla, exhibiting his art, sung a lar to that effect that Asoka's blind son claimed his penny (läkin7) On the king's question who he tras he made himself known. The king pushing aside the curtain behind thich he had been concealed, now recognised and tenderly embraced lus son He promised to grant him whatever he should ask Kunāla merels repeated that he claimed his "penny" Being then informed by the ininisters that princes denoted the kingdom br "penns 'Asoka sadly objected that being blind Kupāla never could ascend the throne Thereupon the latter said, he claimed the kingdom not for hınıself, but for bis son "Then , cried the king, "has a son been born to you ? " "Just now' (sampratı) was the answer Sampratı, accordingly, was named Kunāla's son, and though a baby in arms, he was anointed Asoka's successor, after whose demise he ascended the throne and became a powerful monarch Samprati was a staunch Jaina (35-51)
1 A dreadful dearth prerailing about this time forced the monks to emigrate as far as the seaside During these unsettled times they neglected their regular studies, so that the sacred lore was on the point of falling into oblivion The Sangha therefore reassembling in Pātaliputra then the famme was over, collected the fragments of the canon which the monks happened to recollect, and in this ray brought together eleren angas In order to recover the Drştırāda, the Sangha sent two monks to Bhadrabāhu in Nepal commanding him to join the Council, Bhadrabālu, however, dechned to come, as he had undertaken the mahāprāna row which it would take thelre years to carry out, but after that period he would in a short time teach the whole of the Drstırāda Upon receiring this
i Compare Ar Nury, XVII, 11, 33 f There is this difference that only two and not four adhy ayanas, viz, the blūlana and timoff are men. tioned (LEUMANY)
| 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 |