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enemy could not reach easily. The servants of Sayaniya rode on their horses, and cut the nose and ear of the soldiers of Pajjoya Thus Pajjoya was defeated and fled away in panic.131
It is mentioned that once a painter, who was turned out of the court of king Sayaniya, 1cached Ujjeni and presented a painting of queen Miyāvai to Pajjoya Pajjoya became enamoured of her beauty and sent a messenger to Sayaniya saying that either he should hand over his quecn to him or must be prepared for war As Sayaniya would not yield, Pajjoya marched against him, and the former died of dysentery (alisa a) 132
PAJJOYA AND UDDAYANA
Another wai was declared between Pajjoya and king Uddayana of Vibhaya It is said that Uddayana had a sandalwood image of Mahavira in his possession which was looked after by Devadatta, a hunchbacked slave gul Once a savaga from Gandhara came to worship this image in Virbhaya He was pleased with Devadatta and gave hei some magic pills Devadatt swallowed one of them and her body was transformed to the semblance of molten gold Then beamg Pajjoya in mind she swallowed another pill and as a 1 csult Pajjoya came hunying with his clephant, Nalagiri, to take her away Devadatie, who was now called Suvannaguliva, insisted on taking along the image to which Pajjoya agreed. Next morning, Udday. na fourd his slave gul and the image both missing People saw the foot-puts of Nalagu, his une and excrement. The cupon Uddayana se a messenger to Pajjoya saying "I care nothing for the scivant gul, send me the image Lut Pajjoya would not give the image
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In cour of time, along with his ten vassals, Uddayana marched against Paijoya and reached Unjeni A fight ensued between Uddayana and Pajjova in which the latter suffered a defeat His forehead was branded with a fontlet icading husband of slave gul" (däsiper), and Uddayana hastened back to his town After some time, the day of pajojsana approached and Uddayana paidoned Pajjoya and set him at liberty Then in order to cover the letters desipati, Uddayana invested him with a golden plate (sevenne patta) and gave him the realm said that ficm that time the kings were invested with the plate, before this they were invested with the diadem (maudabaddha) 133
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It is said that Pandu ruled at Hatthinapura He, with Kunti, the daughter of Andhagavahni, as his queen, was invited along with his five sons, named Juhitthila, Bhima, Ajjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, and Duj
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Uttara Ti, 18, pp 253 ff, Ava. cũ, p. 400 f; For other traditions, tee PHA.I pp. 97, 123, 165.
