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ન ૧૯૫૯
DEVADATTĀ
ordered to put all these ladies and their daughters in one palace and set it on fire one night. As a result of this wicked act, King Sihasena was born in the sixth hell and after that, was born as Devadattă. As a result of this wicked act, she had to suffer this severe punishment.
--Vivāgūsuyam
SORIYADATTA
Once upon a time there lived in the town of Rohidda a householder Datta and his wife Kanhasiri. They had a beautiful daughter named Devadatta. When this girl Devadattă was playing with a golden ball nearby her place, she was seen by the King Vesamandatta who asked his men to enquire whose daughter she was. On getting this information, the King proposed to Datta that he should give her in marriage to his son, Pusadatta, which Datta accepted gladly. The marriage was celebrated with great pomp. In the course of time, Pusanandi succeeded to the throne of his father. He was devoted to his mother so much that he would not take food or drink before his mother had taken it. Devadattā did not like this and one night she killed her mother-inlaw, by means of a red hot iron bar. When the King came to know it, he ordered that Queen Devadatta should be impaled publicly after cutting off her ears and nose. Indrabhuti saw her in that plight, and asked his master Mahavira who she was and what she did in her past life to deserve such punishment.
Thereupon Mahavira said: There lived in the town of Supaittha a King Sihasena. He was married to five hundred princesses by his father, but used to love only one Queen named Samā. The mothers of the remaining four hundred and ninety nine Queens conspired and decided to kill Samā by some means. The plot was however soon discovered by the King, who then
There lived in Soriyapura, a fisherman Samuddadatta by name, and his wife Samuddadattā. They had no son, but by the favour of Yakşa Soriyadatta, they got one whom they named Soriyadatta. This boy succeeded his father as the chief fisherman of the place and used to catch fish from the river Yamuna. His business was to sell the fish to the public. He himself enjoyed the various dishes of fish. Once a fish bone got into his throat which nobody was able to take out. Soriyadatta suffered terribly on account of this, when Indrabhuti happened to see him in that plight. He asked Mahāvira the reason for his sufferings, whereupon Mahavira said :
There lived in Nandipura a King named Mitta. He had under his Siriyā employed several hunters and fishermen to catch various kinds of fish, animals and birds from various places, and he used to sell them and their meat to the public. As a result of these wicked acts, he was born as fisherman Soriyadatta and suffered miseries.
-Vivāgusüyam
