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JAINA STORIES
out in such a out-of-the-way place and challenged him with full force.
Jast at that moment a lady appeared on the scene who threw light on the whole situation :
"King Kamalchandra of Kuşalvardhana has a daughter named Bhuvanakanta. The princess has heard from some source eulogies about Sagarchandra, and she is decided to have him, and none else, as her husband, Now, at Sholapur, there is another king named Sudarsana and he has a son named Samarvijaya who stands yonder King Sudarsapa sent a request to King Kamalchandra seeking the hands of Bhuvanakanta for his son but the request has been turned down So Samaryijaya marched on the city of Kusalvardhana. He even stole the princess, but she has escaped to this forest I am her nurse I have recogaised you and my earnest request is that you accept her and be a source of great joy to all of us"
Samarvijaya hang down his head in shame at this double defeat Sagarchandra accepted the princess, if not for anything else, to establish his superiority and victory on his adversary. The ritual was organised by the nurse
Now, Sagarchandra started to meet his new father-10-law. In the way, he heard music from some instruments Proceeding alone in the direction, he soon reached a mansion, at the seventh floor of which there were five damsels, who received him When Sagarchandra expressed inquisitiveness about the existence of five girls, all by themselves, in such a lonely forest, they gave the following account:
"We are, sir, Kamala, Shri, Rambha, Vimala and Tara, all daughters of a Vidyadhara king named Singhanada at the Vaitadhya hills Once an astrologer had made a forecast telling our father that a prince oamed Sagarchandra, the son of Kiog Amitchandra would husband us, and that he would come of himself to this forest without our seeking So our Tather has built this mansion, and we are waiting here for the arrival of our man.
Sagarchandra remembered the couplet. Since destiny had allotted these girls to him, he accepted them
| SR No. | 011053 |
| Book Title | Jain Stories 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahendramuni, K C Lalwani |
| Publisher | A B Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Samaj |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 205 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 9 MB |