________________ 4 Kummaputtachariam [7 ( Prose )-15 which was pleasing like nectar expounded as follows: Gautama, hear with concentrated mind, the whole of the wonderful life of Kummaputta about which you are making me a query. (8). In the continent Jambudvipa, at the centre of the holy region of Bharata, there was the city named Durgamapura which was a principal city in the world. (9). There, king Drona, who excelled the Lord of the day by the splendour of his glory, was ruling over his kingdom without any trouble, being always free from enemies. (10). That king had the principal queen named Druma who was to him as Uma to God Sankara, or Rama to Vasudeva. (11). They had a son named Durlabha, very delicate, surpassing Cupid by his lovely appearance, a mine of virtues and a support of many people. (12). That son, by the foolish pride of his royal birth and youth, used always to enjoy himself by tossing up like balls in the sky a number of other princes (13). One day there came to his garden named Durgila, one Kevali preacher named Sulochana. (14). In that garden there always stayed a female Yaksha by name Bhadramukhi, having her residence in an under-ground palace underneath a Banian tree famous by the
