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The following observations are brought out by the above comparison:
(1) In LPS there are four pilgrims; in Prabandhapañcasati there are many. The Kedara of the former is replaced by Himalaya in the latter. In the former Anadi Raula converses with them and the. Raulānis, just arriving, overhear the same. In the latter the Raulāņis are stated to be sitting there and they converse with the pilgrims in a longer way.
(2) In LPS the Raulaņis are stated to have arrived at the royal court in Sukhasana or litter, while in the rest two versions they are depicted as mounted on plantain-leaves.
(3) The conversation between the king and the Raulaņis that is found in our text is absolutely absent in the other two versions.
(4) Subhasilaganin's version inserts a new point viz. minister Santua's question and the king's revealing the fact that he was worrying due to the Ra ulanis' challenge. The statement there that the king accepted, after hesitation, the sarkaraphala given by Sajjana is confusive and out of place,
(5) In LPS and Prabandhapañcasati minister Säntü overhears the conversation between Sajjana and his father, though, of course, the minister's name is not given in Subhasilagapin's text. In the PPS version, however, the king himself, during his nocturnal viracarya, overhears their talks. In LPS the old man tells his son that the occasion was beneficial to the king; while in Prabandhapañcaśaii he complains that though a number of such problems were solved by him in Karna deva's court, he was not being honoured by his son.
(6) LPS states that a litter was sent to bring Haripala; while according to the Prabandhapañcaśati he rejected the king's summons thrice. Such details are avoided in the abridged version of PPS.
(7) The three verses of post-dinner chit-chatting form a peculiarity of LPS alone; while the interesting talks between the king and Haripala are found only in Subhasilaganin's version.
(8) According to PPS seven days lapse thereafter; according to Prabandhapañcaśali, eight days. This is altogether avoided by the LPS version.
(9) The final incident is narrated extensively by Subhasilaganin, and PPS makes only an abrupt statement to that effect; while LPS describes the same in a succinct but clear way through very short but sweet sentences
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