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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The same legend has been treated in two other works-the Jiram tharachampu of Harichandra and the Tamil poem Jirakıchintamani.
The Cradyachintamani is divided into cleven lumits. The first lamba relates that king Satyanıdbara of Rajapuri in Hemangada lost his life and kingdom through the treachery of his minister Kúslıthingåra. Following the cxample of the Fridambari, the author dovotes 23 pages to the description of Hemangada 4 pages to that of Satyamdhara, and 23 pages to that of his queen Vijaya. The pregnant queen escaped on a sort of flying-machine which had the shapo of a peacock, and gave birth in a ccmctery to princo Jivaka or Jiyamdhara, who was adopted by merchant named Gandhotkata and, as the second lambe narrates, educated by Aryanandyacharyav. In the meantime the usurper Kaslthangara despatched an army against robbers who had carried away cattle. As this ariny was repulsed, Nandagopa, the owner of the cattle, proclaimed publicly that he would give his daughter Govinda in marriage to the recoverer of the cattle. Prince Jivaka accomplished this feat and roccived, as promiscd, Nandagopa's daughter, whom lic made over to his companion Padmamukha. In the third lamba we are told that a merchant of Rajapuri, named Sridatta was shipwrecked on an island and thence carried away on a flying camel by il man who turned out to be Dhara, the minister of the Villyathara king Garudavega of Nityaloka. This king possessed a daughter Gandharvadatta, at whose birth it had been foretold that she would become the wifo of a prince at Rajapuri. Thither the king sent his daughter on a zimina along with Sridatta, who gave her out for his own daughter and had it proclaimed that she would be given in marriage to any one wlio surpassed her In playing thic vird. As will be expected, prince Jivamdhara succeeded in this competition, and tlic fair Gandarvadattá chose bim for her husband from the midst of all royal suitors. Here ends the third lumba.
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