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charm that prevailed there. He was also well impressed by the dainties that were served. Nothing of this sort is seen in the LPS account and the PPS second account. PK, however, gives certain details of the excellences observed there.
(11) In LPS Madana bhrama advises J a ya sim hade va to stay at hcme and enjoy the royal glory rather than wander after conquests and earn the notorious title of Kasthakabādika. The PPS account has nothing parallel to this, but it states that Ja ya simha stayed there for one month. The second account of PPS relates him advising, at the time of departure, not to entertain fights any longer, since his royalty would turn futile if the royal pleasures are not enjoyed during the very short span of human life. Against these two brief accounts a happy conversation is related in PK wherein Siddharāja complains about Madana varman's abusing him as
kabādi' before his ministers and Madana varman explains how he was so, with which Siddhesa agrees. Then he is taken round the treasury, the worship-apartment, etc.
[12] According to LPS Mada na bhrama, being pleased with Jay a simha deva, offered to the latter eight excellent damsels who were so tender that six of them died of heart-bursting on being informed of their having been presented to the king of Gujarāta and only two, named Mä yūrāņi and Pethūrāņi, were taken to Pattan a. The PPS account slightly differs. There it is stated that over and above the elephants, the horses, etc. that were offered to him, Jaya sim hadeva asked for eight damsels. The cause for the heart-bursting of six of these is stated here to be their being informed, on their own enquiry, that Pattana was far away from there. The names of the survivors are given here as Mā ū and Pethū. PK gives the number of the damsels offered as 120, a half whereof are stated to have expired on the way due to excessive tenderness.
[13] The names of the eight damsels offered to Siddharāja are found in the LPS account only. PPS gives their number as eight but does not name them; while according to PK the number of damsels was 120, which number itself speaks for the absence of their names there !
(14) It appears from the above study that, though a few details of the LPS account are not found elsewhere, it is certainly the oldest of all these four versions of the story. It is archaic in language and style and quite simpler in expression. The PPS and PK accounts are definitely polished ones, and out of these two, again, the PK account is more polished and well-arranged not only in language but also in the theme itself.
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