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Story of Prince Bhīma and his friend Matisāgara, continued. Çibi motif............
......... Story of mother and son punished for cursing one another by
implication .......... Parable of the impatient beggar who went to hell...... Story of King Vasu who violated the truth.... Story of the thief who was destined to die like Absalom.
Unavertable fate.......... Story of the chaste royal pair Sundara and Madanavallabhā Story of the miserly merchant Dhanasāra................ Story of the two brothers, one stingy, the other generous. ... Story of the merchant Kubera and Çrī, the goddess of For
tune: The gold-man........... Story of the miserly merchant Dhanasāra, continued....... Brahman and dish of grits.......... Frame story: Kiranavegas conversion and death.........
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SARQA THE THIRD Frame story: King Vajranābha and his infidel cousin
Kubera ...... Story of King Vikrama as parrot............ ......... Simile of the three skulls, illustrating discretion.. Story of King Vikrama as parrot, continued............. Episode, illustrating the superiority of soul purification over
meritorious deeds...... Story of King Vikrama, concluded........ Story of Sumati, the evil-minded, whose vices were corrected
by discernment........... Story of Prabhākara and his king, wife, and friend........ Story of King Hariccandra’s courageous endurance......... Frame Story: Conversion of Vajranābha and Kubera, and death of Vajranābha..........
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SARGA THE FOURTH Frame story: Story of the Emperor Suvarnabāhu (with Çakuntalā motifs), and his death.....
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SARGA THE FIFTH Frame story: Early life of the Arhat Pārçvanātha........
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