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It is evident that in LPS this part of the prabandha is only the starting point of the background for the main story that follows. PC, however, is actually describing the incident.
The second part of the prabandha contains the story of the brothers Khimadhara and Devadhara who later on became known as the magicians Ganaya and Manaya. The latter portion of this part is met with in Purātana-prabandha sangraha as passage no. 70 (p. 36). Comprising only two lines and a half, it gives a very brief account, as under:
गयणामयणाभ्यामिन्द्रजालविद्या साघिता । ततः पत्तने नूतने सहस्रलिङ्गसरसि गयणो निजविद्य प्रकाशयितुं मकररूपेण प्रविश्योपद्रवति । बहुभिरुपायैरलब्धे तत्र राज्ञा पटहो वादितः । लघुभ्रात्रा मयणेन धी याचयित्वा निष्कासितः । प्रसादितौ तौ राज्ञा ॥
It is evident that the PPS version is only a brief summary, not necessarily of the story as presented in our text, but, may be, of some oral version of the same. It is taken from codex G which, as already observed, contains only brief jottings from earlier accounts, written or oral, compiled after 1351 A.D.
8. KOMARI-RANA-PRABANDHA
The matter of this prabandha is not traced in any other Prabandha-work in any form. The story, as it appears in our text, is, beyond doubt, an interesting folk-tale.
9. ŚRIMĀTĀ-PRABANDHA
This prabandha is traced in some other prabandha-works also. The story may be divided into two parts: (1) the story of king Lakhanasen a and his minister Uma patisridhara, and (2) the story of king Ratnapuñja and his daughter Srimata. In some versions the latter part only is found, in some others the two parts form the matter of two separate prabandhas. The story of this prabandha occurs in the following works:
(1) Prabandhacintamani of Merutungasuri (1305 A.D.): Passages nos. 204 and 205 of the fifth Prakasa on pages 109-110 contain the latter part of the story and as such they are named at the end as Sripunjaraja-tatputrīśrimālā-prabandha. The former part of the story is found in passage no. 209 of the same Prakasa on pages 112-113, which is named Lakṣmaṇascnomapatidharayoḥ prabandhaḥ. In this version the story appears in more details.
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