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river and returned it to them. The two brothers crushed it to pieces to bring an end to the cause of evil and enmity and they renounced the world.
The PCR (55.60-68) mentions the river by the name of Kalindi.
The RPS (ch 23) has mixed up both the stories into one story taking the names of the characters from the first story and the theme from the second story.
63. The battle between the sons of king Śrișeņa.
The battle is merely referred to by a counsellor when king Mahendra disicusses with his counsellors regarding the marriage negotiations of his daughter, Añjana (15.19). The battle referred to illustrates that a father should be very cautious in selecting the life partner of his daughter. No other details about it are given in the PCV. This story is traced in the Vasudevahindi (I.p. 320f). It is as follows.
King Srişeņa of Ratnapura had two wives, Abhinandiya and Simhanandiyā. Abhinandiyā had two sons, Indusena and Bindusena. In due course king Bala of Kausāmbi married his daughter Srikāntā born of Śrimatí to Indusena. On the occasion of biding farewell and sending his daughter to her father-in-law's house, king Bala favoured his son-in-law with a courtezan Anantamatī. She duly departed for Ratnapura along with Śrīkāntā. That 'gapikā' was very beautiful, hence a fierce battle ensued between Indusena and Bindusena for her. King Śrīşeņa tried to stop the battle by various ways but in vain. He could not tolerate this sort of family-feud, hence he along with his wives committed suicide to bring an end to his grief.
