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15. In Caritraratna-gani's Danapradipa (1443 A. D.), we have
another version of this episode (in the story of Siddhidatta and Dhanadatta figuring as a part of the account of the previous incarnation of king Ratrapāla), in which the trickster is a merchant and the victim is a courtesan. See H. C. Bhayani,
Sodh ane Svādhyāy (in Gujarati), 1965, pp. 224-230. 16. Muni Punyavijay (ed.), Akhyānaka-manikosa-vrtti by Amra
deva-sūri (1134 A. D.), Bhāvațţikā-Ākhyāna, pp. 193-218; for
the episode referred to above see verses 408-439. 17. There are numerous versions of the story of Amaradatta and
Mitrānanda in Prakrit, Old Gujarati etc. 18. Tawny and Penzer, The Ocean of Story. Reprint, Delhi,
1968. Vol. II, 251-261. 19. Raghavan, op. cit., 827. 20. Raghavan, op. cit., 889-891. 21. Raghavan, op. cit., 839ff.
Appendix
Sadayavatsa-vira-prabandha (Bikaner, 1960) vv. 444-503.
[ कामसेना-गणिका-जूठ-प्रसंग] 3बे जण पाटण मज्झि पहुत्त, दीठउ देउलि लोक बहुत्त । 'कहि भाई ! कोलाहल किसिउ ? ए अण-खाधइ पाणी-रिसउ' ४४५ 'कामसेना जे नाचिणि नाम, लिइ पच सइ सोन्ना-द्राम । मुहणइ सोमदत्त माणिउ, ते इहां ऊहदी नइ आणीउ ॥ ४४५
३ 'त सुणि' आ.
