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ARDHA-MAGADHT READER moon, (11) of dávaddava, a tree growing on the seashare, (12) of water, (13) of the frog, (14) of Teyali, the minister, (15) of Nandi fruit, (16) of Amarakanká, a town, (17) of Ainna, a kind of sea animal (horse), (18) of Susumá, a banker's daughter, and (19) of Pur. daríka the prince, the nineteenth parable.
6. If, sir, the Ascetio, the Lord Mabávíra has preached nineteen chapters of the volume Náyáại, what has he preached as the purport of the first chapter ?
Truly, 0 Jambú, iv those days at that time, in this very continent of Jambú, in the country of Bharaha, in its southern half, there was a city, named Ráyagiha. (Its description), the Sanctuary Gupasilaya (its description). In this city of Ráyagiha, there was a king named Sepiyal (his description). That king Seniya had a queen named Nandá (her description). That king Seniya had by his queen Nandá, a son, named Abhaya the prince who was perfect in limbs (down to lovely, who had won King Seniya's confidence in all matters and who himself used to look after his (Seriya's) royalty, kingdom, treasury, storeroom, army, conveyances capital and harem.
7. That king Seņiya had another queen, named Dháriņí. Once upon a time, in the first part of the lat. ter half of the night, as she was tossing about on her couch, midway botween sleeping and waking, the queen Dháriņi awoke after beholding in dream to enter her mouth a huge elephant seven hands high, bright as
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