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Dhanudas found was opportunity to get rid of "Ke-avishanid. In the last part of the night, when he had come on deck and stood near the adge of it, she pushed him overboard. After ..while she gave the alarm; Nandaka stopped the ship and searched for Dhana in the morning, but he was, of course, nat found. 206, 14.
By good luck, Dhana had found a plank of a foundered whip and had drifted on it towards the shore. His disease had been dispelled by the sea water. He rested under a tree in and thoughts about the wickedness of his wife.. Proceeding further on the beach he came on the corpse of a girl which had stranded there. (She had been, as he came to know long afterwards, the maid of a royal princess of Śrāvasti whom she accompanied on her voyage to Ceylon, and had perished in the shipwreck.) On her body he discovered a prigeless necklace (called Trailokasārā), and took Possession of it. 208, 1. Walking along the beach, he met a Kāpālika monk, Mabesvaradatta, who recognized Dhana, though not recognized by him. The monk exhorted him to take heart, hiæ ill-luck would not last long; he offered him a most powerful snake-charm. Dhana accepted it only after Mahesvaradatta had made himself known to him. When they had parted, Dhana proceeded in the direction of his country; living on oranges and other fruits, he roached at last Śrāvasti. 210, 13.
o . On the same night the treasury of king Viradhavala had been robbed by burglars; and all suspected persons in Srivasti were brought hefore the minister and closely examined by him. The police got hold of Dhana when he ingued from his lodging and led him before the minister to be examined. Dhana declared that he had just arrived and possessed nothing of value. He was, therefore, dismissed; but when he crossed the courtyard, a monkey who had escaped from his cage, rushed on him and tore his clothes, upon which the necklace he carried on his body fell on the ground. It was taken up and recognized by the minister as the Trailokasāra ; whence he concluded that the princess must have met with some disaster. He, therefore, questioned Dhara how he had come by that necklace. Dhana
lied that he had bought it in Katihadvipa; it was all that
| SR No. | 010741 |
| Book Title | Samraicca Kaha Vol 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1926 |
| Total Pages | 938 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 33 MB |