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Biswanath Bhattacharya
[Buddha-carita, 13/12ac]
sprstah sa cānena kathamcid...... sa cäbhavac Chantanur asvatantrah anona daşço Madanahinā hi nā na kaścid atmany anavasthitaḥ sthitaḥ
babhūva dhimāṁś ca sa Šantanus tanuḥ // [Saundara-Nanda, 10/56abd] Bhīşmeņa Gangodara-sambhavena
[Buddha-carita, 9/25a] śaptaś ca Paņdur madanena nūn am stri-samgame mộtyum avāpsyasīti 1. jagāma Madrim na mabarşi-śāpād asevyasevi vimamarsa mộtyum //
[Saundara-Nanda, 7/45] Stri-samsargam vinaśāntaṁ Pandur jñātvāpi Kauravah / Madri-rupa-guņāk siptaḥ siseve kāmajam sukham //
[Buddha-carita, 4/ 79 sa Pāņdavam Pāņdava-tulya-vīryaḥ
[Buddha-carita, 10/17a] eka-pitror yatha bhrātroḥ prthag-guru-parigrahāt i Rama evābhavad Gārgyo Vāsubhadro 'pi Gautamaḥ ||
[Saundara-Nanda, 1/23] "Śišupāla and the Cedis, in taking the sacrificial gifts ......for the sake of pride, strove with Krşņa;......."
[Ruddha carita, 28/28 ( in Johnston's English retranslation from the Tibetan and Chinese transla
tions)] kva tad balam Kamsa-vikarşiņo Hares turanga-rājasya puțāvabhedinah / yam eka-bāņena nijaghnivāñ Jarāh kramagatā rüpam ivottamam Jara || [Saundara-Nanda, 9/18] jijñāsamānā nāgeșu kauśalam svāpadeșu ca / anucakrur vanasthasya Dauşmanter deva-karmaṇaḥ //
[Saundara-Nanda, 1/36] sa teşām Gautamas cakre sva-vaņģa-sadşśiḥ kriyāḥ /
Kaņvah sākuntalasyeva Bharatasya tarasvinah /
[Saundara-Nanda, 1/25ad & 26ad] Here we refrain from citing further references.
Apart from the foregoing references the character of Suddhodana has been depicted as an ideal king in the Buddha-carita, I-II and the Saundara Nanda, II after the set pattern of King Daśaratha of the Rāmāyaṇa. Again, the description of the opulence of Kapilavāstu under the ideal monar
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