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at Aparavideha and carried him to the Pañcasangamaya hill. There he tortured him by pelting stones at him. The monk did not get disturbed at all and attained Kevala. On that occasion Dharanendra paid his obeisance to the monk and seized off the supernatural lores of the king. When the king apologised, Dharanendra restored the 'vidyās' to him.
The PCR (5. 25-84) agrees with the above account. The Vasudevahindi (I. p. 251) gives additionally the names of the parents of Sanjayanta as Sañjaya and Satyasri of Vitāsokanagara in the Aparavideha. It further states that the monk was alleged to be the cause of a calamity, hence Vidyutdamstra ordered his feudals to kill him. The MP (57) mentions Sañjayanta and Jayanta as the sons of king Vaijayanta of Vitāśokanagara. Both the sons renounced the world. The latter was reborn as Nāgendra. Vidyutdarşțra is said to have punished muni Sañjayanta because his aerial car had suddenly stopped where the muni was maditating. Then Nagendra threw away Vidyutdańșțra into the sea, but he was saved by a celestial being. The RPS (p. 8) names the mother of Sañjayanta as Sundari and further agrees with the MP.
22. The previous births of Sañjayanta and Vidyutdamặtra or
the story of Srivardhana and Jvalanasimha :
The Dharanendra who had rescued muni Sañjayanta from tortures of Vidyutdarnstra requested Kevalin Sañjayanta to tell him the cause of him (Muni's) trouble. The muni narrated the story (5. 26-41) illustrating the consequences of punishing others.
Merchant Hitaðkara of Sakatagrāma was reborn as Śrīvardhana, the king of Kusumăvati. A brahmin of that place was reborn as a celestial being on account of his perverse penances. That celestial being was reborn as brahmin Jvalanasimha and became the priest of the king. He swindled some property belonging to merchant Niyamadatta. It was detected by a courtezan. Srivardhana then banished the priest. The latter performed some penances to take revenge and was reborn as Vidyutdamstra while king Śrīvardhana and merchant Niyamadatta were reborn as Sanjayanta and Dharanendra respectively.
The PCR (5 34-46) agrees with the PCV. It mentions Kusumāvati as Kumudavati and Jvalanasimha is called Vanhibikha. The theft was detected by the king himself while playing the game of dice with the priest. The Vasudevahindi (I. p. 253-262) mentions the name of the king as Simhasena and that of his priest as Śrībhūti belonging to Simhapura. The name of the merchant is Bhadramitra. He deposited some valuables with the priest when he was going out on a
