Jain Journal 1970 10

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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all this, Kuvalayacandra developed right faith and accepted the duties of the house-holder. The monk then said to the prince that he would marry Kuvalayamala (Mayaditya) and Padmakesara (Mohabhata) would be born as their son. Attending to all this the lion too was enlightened. It accepted fasting and remained intent on religious virtues. When it was about to die the prince Kuvalayacandra whispered sacred syllables into its ears. The lion was reborn as god in Vaidurya
vimāna.
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Then Kuvalayacandra proceeded to the South crossing the Vindhya mountains. By the side of a lake he came across an image of yakşa crested with a pearl statue of a Jina. He met a yakṣakanya, Kanakaprabha who was appointed to worship Jina by a yakşa Ratnakesara, who was highly benefited in his earlier life by the namaskāra offered to Rsabha Jina, and who consequently projected himself into this image called Jinasekhara. As they parted, Ratnaprabha gave a coil of medical herb to Kuvalayacandra to guard himself on his journey.
Kuvalayacandra crossed the river Narmada. He met in a hermitage Enika and her attendant Rajakira (a parrot). The parrot narrated their biography. Enika was the daughter of king Padma and his queen Srikanta, but was picked up in her childhood by her inimical husband of the earlier life who dropped her in the forest where she was brought up by a deer. She was the sister of king Bhrgukaccha who attained omniscience. Instructed by the parrot she developed samyaktva. On hearing from Kuvalayacandra that he was separated for long from his parents she sent through the parrot the message of his welfare to Ayodhya.
Kuvalayacandra reached the Sahya mountain and joined a caravan bound for Kancipuri. When on the way they were attacked by a party of bhillas, Dhanavati, the nervous daughter of the trader, was so bravely sheltered by him that the bhilla leader appreciated his valour and challenged him for a duel. When the bhilla chief realised that the prince was more than a match for him, suddenly withdrew from the field. When the prince learnt that he was the follower of the Jina, they became friends. The bhilla chief took the prince to his palli and there he lived comfortably for some time. The bhilla chief was actually Darpaparigha, the eldest son of Ratnamukuta, brother of Drdhavarmana who had become a kevalin. Due to some palace intrigue Darpaparigha was driven out almost insane. But, in due course, he was made a bhilla chief; and since then he had been residing here. As Darpaparigha was his uncle's son, the prince instructed him in the words of Jina and