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10. Read fry for fey. For confusion in distinguishing between ry and see supra.
II. The sage begins to explain. There was king at Kampilya and a Brahmin. The latter had two sons Suvakka and Duvakka. The minister Vimala gets jealous of them on account of the king's favour to them.
6. It is better to read FigAGOUTTATUS as a long word. 11. Af of Jacobi's edition is due to a misreading of fa.
13. He in Jacobi's edition, for Free, is evidently due to the misreading or miswriting of the #. For similar mistakes see supra.
III. The King once wanted to send a man to go the King of Simhaladvīpa and the Brahmin Vasavadatta recommended his son-in-law. Upon the minister finding fault with the latter, an altercation ensued between the Brahmin and minister.
8. PETIT etc.-Jacobi reads Hetty separately, as a vocative. Not bad. But our FETITAE makes capital sense, as meaning 'stupid people tremble in assemblies of great kings.'
10. Read #fafe, with a short fa.
IV The minister was incensed and resolved to have his revenge on the Brahmin. In the niean-while the son-in-law set out.
7. Gay-Means of livelihood, Cf. at å siyay act fang in V 5 below. 8. Read fans and ifa separately.
V The son-in-law's errand made his Mother-in-law and wife anxious. When after a long time he had not still returned, the king also got anxious about him and the present. Duvakka foretells the return of his brother-in-law. in four days.
1. Jacobi's first half is metrically faulty. It runs at fa UEH TIA TOE. #3 will mend matters.
6. First word of latter half in Jacobi is sitas, which must mean aitau and nothing else. Is it misreading ? The only other place where Jacobi's
as the word is VI. 12 below, where it reads sitaat fa. Our edition has a clear staets which is correct. Is staat fa due to bad splitting up? Very likely.
VI. The Minister said that Duvakka should not raise false hopes. Duvakka reaffirmed his statement. An altercation ensued. Duvakka said, "Whoever turns out to be false will be should be punished by people.'
4. Read 7 for *, which is a misprint.
6. fans and ifa have got to be separated. .. 7. fà fui afa facrar-He will still be late by several days.'
VII. The King stopped them and asked them to refer to an authoritative person, who would settle the dispute. They went to a Yaksa and asked him when the King's messenger would return from Simhaladvipa.
VIII. The Yaksa told them how the messenger had squandered his
