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INTRODUCTION
the subsequent birth. The other nine stories are identical in contents with that of Bhütā. All of them were pupils of Pupphacālās and hence the title of the section. All of them had the same drawback in their practice of vows ( 148-163).
The fifth section is called Vanhidasā, ten (dasa) chapters on the Vrsnis, though in reality the number of chapters is twelve. Another interpretation suggested of this title is, conditions (daśa) of of the Vrsnis, but I do not think it correct. There are several instances in Indian literature of such misnomers.
The first chapter of this section tells us how Baladeva's son, Nisadha' by name, became first a lay disciple of Aritthanemi. Varadatta, the pupil of Aritthanemi, once asked his master as to how Nisadha, Baladeva's son, attained the prosperity. The master then told him that Nisadha was in his previous birth a prince named Virāngada; that he practised penance for fortyfive years under the Siddhartha monks, was born in Brahmaloka and thereafter on the earth as Baladeva's son. He was destined to be a monk in this life and after enjoying & place in heavenly worlds, to attain Nirvāna in the following birth (S 164-189). The remaining eleven chapters narrate similar stories of other sons of Baladeva.
