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PAMPA'S ADI PURANA
no name I was known as Nirnamike. Now mother's mother too died. I went to a forest called Avaharita charita. There on the top of a hill called Ambaratilaka, I sighted the sage Pihitasravamuni. On hending my knees v. iore him, the sage said, 'Here in Palalakutagrama, you wi... born as Dhanasri daughter of Devila and his wife Vasumati. One day you threw some dregs into the sacred study of the sage_Samadhigupta The sage remarked immediately that you entangled thereby in Samsaric bonds by your unworthy act. But on begging his. pardon anc repenting for the sin, you were able to get this human birth, and now you have to wash away your sins by the water of Jinendra Dharma.' Thereupon at the holy feet of Pihitasravacharya I took to tapas, and passing away became Svayamprabhe the wile of Lalitangadeva in Isyarakalpa in the Sriprabhavimana. Then, in company with Lalitangadeva, I paid respects to Pihitasravacharya out of gratitude. When my lover passed away, I performed the Jineridra mahime and was born here. Now I cannot live unless I am again united with my lover, who is born somewhere on earth. His image is still belore my eyes. As it is difficult to get at him, I shall spend away my time as a virgin worshipping this portrait of him that I have drawn "
Pandite, the girl's maid resolved to go in search of the man corresponding to the picture. She reached the sacred Chaityala, and hung the picture in the hall, expecting the consummation of her desire.
Meanwhile Vajradanta proclaimed Svayamvara for his daughter. He said to her, 'Listen, from our holy guru Yasodharacharya I learnt that in the fifth birth before this, I was Chandrakirti son of king Kesava of Pundarikinipura. In company with my friend Jayakiiti, I took to tapas under Chandrasenacharya in the forest of Pritivardhana, and passing away, I went to Mahendrakalpa, Jayakirti following. Thereupon, our term being over in that Kalpa, we came down to Ratna-samchayapuraMangalavati-E. VidehaPushkaravaradvipa as sons Srivarma
and Vibhishana to king Sridhara and his queen Manohare. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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