Jain Stories 01

Author(s): Mahendramuni, K C Lalwani
Publisher: A B Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Samaj

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JAINA STORIES
"For many days, Amvada remained in that state, after which the yoga requested his wives one day to drive the cock out into the forest This was immediately done. The cock was now at least free from the two cats and had a nice time in the forest One day, it felt thirsty and drank water from a tank. As soon as he had done it, the spell was gone, and Amvada was his own self again
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"One day, while roaming in the forest, he heard a woman crying. Moving in that direction, he saw a lady in distress On being asked by Amvada, the lady gave the following account about herself:
"I am the daughter of King Hansa of Rolagpur My name is Rajhansı When I reached my youth, my father invited Prince Harischandra to receive me as his wife Everything was moving according to the schedule Only the last ritual remained to be performed and I was sent for
I came
in my best of dresses, which, among cthers, contained a blouse from the sun Suddenly, out of greed for that exceptional blouse, there came a rcgue and picked me up to the sky. He applied full force to get the blouse from me but he failed So he dropped me in this forest and disappeared I am now helpless, and even the memory of the incident still haunts me and causes me the greatest of agony I do not know, the rogue may appear at any moment and make me still more miserable'
'But, fair lady, tell me first how did you get the blouse from the sun >
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""Well, I had my training under the savant lady Saraswati I used to stay with her along with seven other girls from noble families. One night, at very late hours, when all of us were supposed to be fast asleep, the savant lady invoked the 64 yoginis and sought from them the fructification of her own learning They agreed to help her in