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Life and Stories of Pārçvanātha
Kunthu.11 He pointed out, moreover, that Indra's car with Mātali as charioteer was at Pārçva's disposal (227). Yavana saw the folly of his ways, tied an axe to his throat,12 went submissively to the audience hall of Pārçva, and was received and dismissed forgivingly (239). When Prasenajit heard this he brought Prabhāvatī to be his happy bride. Pārçva said that he had come to act as his protector, and not to marry a maiden. Whereat Prabhāvati was sorely grieved. Prasenajit proposed to join him on his return to Benares, and to interview his father. To this Pārçva consented; they returned to Benares and were received in state (1-254).
1* Apparently a legendary allusion either to the 17th Jaina Arbat (Kal. pasūtra 186 ff.); or to a Jaina Emperor (Cakrin) of that name. The Arhat Kunthu (Kunthunătha) is mentioned frequently in the Jain Angas, as well as in ancillary writings; gee Weber, Handschriftenverzeichnisse, vol. ii, Index, p. 1289; Indische Studien, xvi. p. 278, note 1; Stevenson, Heart of Jainism, pp. 56, 313.
** See additional note 11, on p. 191.
