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Adipurana, like the moon with its rays, was there with Prabhavati. The association of the virtuous is by chance. ||222|| Seeing the virtuous Aryika, Priyadatta bowed and asked, "Where is the Amitamati, the head of the Sangha?" Prabhavati replied, "She has gone to heaven." ||223|| Hearing this, Prabhavati was filled with sorrow and said, "She was like our eyes." Priyadatta asked, "How did you become so attached to her?" Prabhavati replied, "Do you not remember the pair of pigeons in your house? I was the pigeon named Ratishena." Hearing this, Priyadatta was astonished and said, "Where is that Ratishena now?" Prabhavati replied, "He is also a Vidhyadhara king, Hiranyavarma, and he is here in this city of Pundarikinya, destroying the enemies of karma." ||224-225|| Priyadatta went and bowed to the great Muni Hiranyavarma. Then, at Prabhavati's request, she told the story of her husband. ||226-227|| A Vidhyadhara named Ratishena came here from Gandhara city on Mount Vijaya with his wife Gandhari. ||228|| Gandhari pretended to be bitten by a snake and stayed there. Kubera-kanta and the Vidhyadhara used many medicines, but Gandhari, with her magical powers, said, "I am not yet cured."