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6. Kēmasariyār-ilambakam-Then Jivaka reached Kēmapuri in Takka-nāḍu. In that Kemapuri there was a merchant by name Subhaddiran. He had a daughter by name Kēmasari. Astrologers told this merchant that the youth who at the sight produced the emotion of modesty and love in his daughter would become her husband. The merchant in search of a son-in-law tried several times to bring about such a situation to discover the predicted emotion in his daughter. But all cases proved failures till he came upon Jivaka. When Jivaka was invited to his house, he observed to his great joy that his daughter Kēmasari at the first sight fell in love with Jivaka. He gladly gave his daughter Kēmaśari in marriage to Jivaka who stayed with his wife for some time. Again he left the place in disguise, without the knowledge of anybody, to the great grief of his new wife Kēmasari.
7. Kanakamālaiyār-ilambakam—Then Jivaka reached Hemapura in Madhya-deśa. Reaching the udyana in the outskirts of the city, he met Vijaya the son of Dadamittan, the king of Hemapura. This Vijaya was attempting to get a mango fruit from a tree in the garden with the help of his arrow. But he could not succeed. The stranger Jivaka brought down the fruit at his first aim; at this Vijaya was very much delighted; and he reported the stranger's arrival to the king, his father. The king was very much pleased to receive Jivaka and requested him to instruct his sons in archery. When his sons became experts in archery as a result of Jivaka's instruction, the king out of gratitude and pleasure offered his daughter Kanakamālai in
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