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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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8. THE STORY OF KOMIR RANA
In the city of Kidi-man kodi ruled king Kūmári Ránaka, who was habituated to go to sleep while 16 ladies massaged his legs with bells tied to their hands and to wake while they sang and played upon such musical instruments as lutes and futes,
Once he woke up in the last watch of thic night on caring repeated sounds of concti-blowing and on enquiry he learnt that certain persons were going for pilgrimage to Somanatha, Pašu patinatha, Anantaśa ya ua and Rāmes vara.
Immediately he decided to go for pilgrimage and set out, an auspicious day, towards Saurastra. When he passed through Pattana and reached the outskirts of Cand as a mă (mod. Canasma in North Gujarata), he met a merchant who was constructing a ake there. He confidentially deposited with the merchant 19 jewels enwrapped in a piece of black cloth. When, however, the king returned from his pilgrimage, the deceiptlul trader used to return the deposit. A strile arose out of this, which led tbem both to king Jayasimha, who gave an ordeal, accepting which the trader declared: "'The water shall not remain enclosed in this lake, if I have accepted the deposit of jewels." Instantly the banks of the lake broke forth and the water gushed out. Thence is the lake known as Pautel:in the broken one.
King Jaya simbadeva was pleased at this, the c!!Te to the pond was only pullified and with royal permissio & special cotta was constructe on the bank of the tank, which was known as Di saxlarak di'be coltage of the foreigner', where resided Kúriari Rāņā practising pe111bce till death.
9. THE STORY OF SRIMATA
In the city of Lalila navati rule bing Lakarasena. Cnce when he entered his haremn, minister Umāpati Sridhara, who win excellent astroleger, cak ulated the position of the heavenly lum:naries and found cut that a son would be born to the queen but that at the age of 3: 1.0 would fall in love with a girl of the lowest class. Consequently he stopped going to the royal court and on learning the real cause of his absence the king sent the queen to a distant village where she delivered a son,
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