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Contents
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Allegory of the four friends on the treasure island of human
existence ......... Frame story: Life of Pārçvanātha, continued.............
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SARGA THE EIGHTH Story of the misogynist Sāgaradatta who was redeemed by a clever woman......... ...................
......... 168 Story of the four pupils who, even tho sinning, obtained perfection .........
170 Story of Bandhudatta......
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170 Prenatal history of the thief in the guise of an ascetic...... 174 Story of Bandhudatta, continued.
175 Story of Bandhudatta's former lives..
177 Story of Çrīgupta, gambler, thief, and murderer, who was ultimately redeemed.........
178 Parable of the pitcher that fell from the old woman's head.. 180 Story of Bandhudatta, concluded........................ 180 Frame story: Life of Pārçvanātha, concluded. His nirvāņa 181
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Note 1, to p. 29: Promise to return............. Note 2, to p. 30: Overhearing........................ Note 3, to p. 30: Proclamation by drum............... Note 4, to p. 30: Princess and half the kingdom........ Note 5, to p. 31: On a certain aspect of the overhearing
motif ......................................... Note 6, to p. 31: Miraculous cures.................... Note 7, to p. 32: Hansa bird and crow.............. Note 8, to p. 34: Biter bit....... Note 9, to p. 39: Lecherous ass................... Note 10, to p. 44: Dreams as auguries............. Note 11, to p. 45: Eating gras
grass................... Note 12, to p. 47: Wicked ascetics... Note 13, to p. 51: Çibi motif................. Note 14, to p. 52: Animated statues and dolls........... Note 15, to p. 52: Marriage with a low-caste person...... Note 16, to p. 57: The sin of sacrificing a dough cock (piştakurkuţa) ....
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