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INTRODUCTION
Ratnaprabhā as a glorious Yaksa, Ratnasekhara by name, among the Vyantaras who are of eight classes: Yakşa, Rākşasa, Bhūta, Piśāca, Kimnara, Kimpuruşa, Mahoraga and Gandharva. He recollected his past and the way he died. He developed all the more reverence for Rşabha; he offered eloquent prayers; and he prostrated himself before Jina. He explained to his people how he got the fruit of namaskāra to Jina. He miraculously projected a pearl-image of himself with Jina on his crest; and the Yaksas called him Jinasekhara. He directed me, Kanakaprabhā, to worship this image daily; and I have been doing it.' Though the prince was content with all that he had seen and experienced, Kanakaprabhā insisted on his receiving something from her, and gave him a specific coil of medical herb (auşadhi-valaya-viseșa), an antidote against all adversities in the journey. He thanked her for the gift (Pages 117.1-120.31; *51.19- *52.35).
KUVALAYACANDRA MEETS EŅIKĀ AND ROYAL PARROT IN THE HERMITAGE: The prince Kuvalayacandra travelled on in the Vindhyan ranges and reached the river Narmadā or Revā (described § 206). He crossed it and reached a hermitage, rich in fruit and flower trees. As he inferred, it was the residence of a female ascetic, Enikā by name, who, with her dignified appearance, arrived on the scene followed by her retinue of domesticated beasts and birds, among which was prominent a Rāja-kīra (Royal-Parrot). She ran with dismay at the presence of this biped (i.e., prince Kuvalayacandra) into the hermitage; but on receiving some explanation from the Parrot, she duly welcomed him. He introduced himself to her; and, as she was a bit bashful, the Parrot started narrating their biography to him to satisfy his curiosity (Pages 120.31-122.30; *52-36- *53.18).
THE ROYAL PARROT INTRODUCES ITSELF: 'On the bank of Narmadā, in the forest Mahātavī, there lived a couple of Royal Parrots, Manimān and his beloved, in the hollow of a banyan tree. They gave birth to a Royal Parrot
yself) which, during childhood, fell into the hands of a young hunter who gave it to the Pallīpati from whom it passed on to Bhșgu, the ruler of Bhșgukaccha, who entrusted it to Madanamañjarī directing her to train it in all the fine arts. Soon I, i. e., the Royal Parrot, mastered everything (including conviction in the words of Jina) and became a Pandita. During summer, a saint (formerly the father of Bhrgu), plunged in religious meditation, came touring to Bhșgukaccha and attained Kevala-jñāna. On getting the information, Bhșgu and his harem etc. attended on the Kevalin and offered respects. I, the parrot, too went there along with the princess and offered prayers. At that time, there arrived two Vidyādharas, one dressed in blue and the other in yellow. Once they went from Vaitādhya to Sammeta-śikhara, and thence to Śatruñjaya. On the way, they saw a lovely and dignified maiden, in the forest. She did not reply to them, but ran away, almost scared, with the pack of deer. And now they wanted to know from the Kevalin all about her. King Bhrghu, too, was equally curious, and so the Kevalin started narrating her biography (Pages 122.31-124.26; *53.19- *54.9).
ENIKĀ's BIOGRAPHY: Srīvatsa ruled at Ujjayinī (described 124.28-31). He had a son, Śrīvardhana, and a daughter, śrīmatī. Srīmats was given in marriage to Simha, the son of king Vijaya of Vijayapura. Simha was turbulent
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