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(2) Another Murunda was a contemporary of Pädalıttasuri, who is mentioned to have cured the king of the terrible headachc he was suffering from, and was ruling over Paitthāna."18
Sten Konow tells us that Murunda is a Saka word, moaning lord. 129 Naggar
(1) Naggai, otherwise known as Siharaha, ruled at Pundavad dhana in Gandhāra It is mcntioned that once the king Siharai... 10.. led a mountain and married a beautiful maden, who was nesiding there in a palacc. The king used to go to the mountava cvcıy fifth day to Visit his spouse and hence he came to be knowa 23 Naggai ( jamhii nage uri) IA course of time, the king is said to have built a charming city on the mountain where he crected the Jain temples and ruled with justice. Later on. Naggairanou iced the wild 211 atlanned final cincipation, 129
(2) Another Nagylis winted lu bu !ho ruler of Purugapura 121 Nahavähana
It is stitcd that Nehnziana a 17 SE! !1012 12.contcmporaries The former was ich 1.1 1.51.10 and the latci Wels cquipped with a powerful a my It is said that Siliviliana bieged the city oi Bha uyakaccha every year whcrc Nahavähana iulcd Na'lvhun give away .cwards cf hundred thousands to his servants who boughi the hands c. heads of any nuinber of the chemy's sollicrs Tii, caused a gical liaroc in the enemy's camp and thus Salivahan? used to retu. to Parithāna. Once Sālivalāna made a conspn acy with his mmitci Hc apparently insulted his minister and banished him The minister rcached Bharuvakaccha and was appointed as the min. ci of Makavāliana In course of time, he spent some of his mmisi's wealth in buildmg temples, mounds, ponds, lakes and tiencies and om in making on.ments for the queens Now the ministul scut a scc.ct message to Sālīvāhana vho invaded the city and got po SK-10n of Dimakaccha 122
It is said that oncctcquic: Countivci w.. ito io lilun to the poetry of Vairabhū, who was a very god sw31 Thc tcacl:cı wa mvited to the harcm but the queen was disappoi.2cd on seeing his ugly face 128 Nandı
It has already been said that when king Udizi died without any heir, a barber boy (naviyadrisa ascended the throne of Padaliputta and was known as the first Nauda.124 But it is mentioned that the Dan
118 Pindo Nir., 498 119 See Stipra, under Murunile, section 1:0 Utrará Ti, 9, pp 141 ff Naggaji is also metinned in the falcka (III ? 7,081);
also 1 hä'ha VII 4 6 1' Arci , II, p 208, also cf iv,p 78 187 A a Vir, 299, A a cū II, p 200 123 Vya Bha 3 581, 147 Tui Vablosūhana o Sahapana, see P HAI p 405f. 124 It happened sixty years after the Ninja of Mahavira, (3.1 av VI 23.-243). Nanda
and his descendants continued to rule Magadha till the last Nanda king was deposed by Cånakya 165 years after the death of Mahavira (tbid 339).
