________________ St. 140-142] Notes ance again and again before the payment was made, Ilaputra came to know of the dark thought of the King. At that very time he happened to see two monks at a distance engaged in perfect religious meditation while they received the alms of Modakas from a lady. The sight reminded him of his previous ascetic life and he became averse to worldly life, and as a result of his pure mental thought, he got Kevala knowledge. The deities gave him dress, and converted the bamboo into a lotus whereupon [laputra sat and preached. The King, the queen and the girl, all took to ascetic life and went to Siddhi. The story of Ashadhabhuti can be thus givenAshadhabhati was a prince, the son of King Sinharatha of Rajagriha. Once, sage Dharmaghosha came to preach outside the city on hearing whom Ashadhabhuti became a monk. While begging, he got Modakas at the house of a dancer. He liked them very much and repeatedly went for begging to the same place assuming various different forms. The owner of the house wished the sage of uncommon power to become a member of his household and instructed his daughter to entice the monk. She succeeded and the monk took the permission of his preceptor to marry
