________________ Notes 29 therefore his feudatory kings also did the same. When they reached Ujjaini the latter asked the former the reason of his running away and he explained to them the same. They told the king that it was false, and thus Chandrapradyota became aware of the trick of Abhayakumara, and in order to take revenge, he took a vow to get him (i.e. Abhayakumara) brought to Ujjaini with his hands and legs bound. In order to carry out this purpose,he engaged a harlot who asked the king to procure for her two young girls possessed of equal beauty. This was done, and then the harlot, with the two girls, went to some Jaina nuns, and all the three, in a short time became great Shravikas-of course, not at heart but only in name. After learning all the duties etc. of Shravikas they started for Rajagriha. Having reached it, they visited all the Jaina temples there, and then at last they went to a temple built by king Shrenika himself. There they worshipped the Jina in an excellent manner with great pomp. At that time Abhayakumara, also, came there to worship the Lord Jina; and seeing the harlot and the two girls extolling the Lord Jina with as great a devotion and attention as those of an ascetic, he got much delighted and thought
