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he was questioned by the king. Bhadramitra then went mad and ascending a tree in the neighbourhood of the king's palace, used to decry the minister. Queen Ramadatta got angry with the minister, but arranged to play a trick on him. She arranged a game of dice with Satyaghosa, in which he lost his signet ring and the sacred thread. to the queen, who then sent the ring to the treasurer of the minister through her maid, and obtained from him the gems of Bhadramitra. In order to ascertain that Bhadramitra has told the truth, the king got a few gems of his mixed with those of Bhadramitra, to whom they were shown. Bhadramitra picked only his gems saying that others were not his. The king was then pleased with him, punished the minister, treating him as a thief would be treated. The minister bore ill-will towards the king for this. In his next birth he became an agandhana snake, stood at the treasury of the king and bit him.
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In his next birth Bhadramitra became the son of Ramadatta, and was named Simhacandra. He had a younger brother called Parpacandra.
It is in this strain that the previous of all the three persons mentioned at the beginning of the samdhi are narrated.
LVIII. For the life of Ananta the fourteenth Tirthamkara, see Tables.
During his regime were born the fourth set of Baladeva, Vasudeva, and Prati-Vasudeva. Their names were Suprabha, Purusottama and Madhusudana.
There was a king named Mahabala in Nandapura. He became a monk and after death was born in Sahasrara heaven. There lived at this time at Podanapura a king named Vasusena. His queen Nanda was very beautiful. Once his friend Capdaśasana came to stay with him, saw Nanda, fell in love with her, and asked Vasusena to give her to him. He refused to do so, but Canḍaśāsana carried her by force. Vasusena thereafter became a monk, and after death was born in the same heaven where Mahabala was born.
Canḍaśāsana in his next birth became the son of king Vilasa and queen Gunavati of Varanasi. Mahabala and Vasuṣena became sons of king Somaprabha by his queens Jayavati and Sita, and were named Suprabha and Purusottama. Madhusudana made a demand of tribute from them, and as they refused to pay it, there was a fight between Madusüdana and Purusottama in which Madhusudana was killed. After him Purusottama became the Ardha-cakravartin.
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LIX. For the life of Dharma the fifteenth Tirthamkara see Tables.
During his regime there appeared the fifth set of Baladeva and Vasudeva, There was a king called Naravrsabha in the city of Vitaloka. He practised penance and was born in the Sahasrara heaven. At this time there was at Rajagṛha a king named Sumitra. He was defeated in battle by Rajasimha. Sumitra thereupon practised penance, formed a hankering to defeat Rajasimha in the next birth, and after death was born in the Mahendra heaven. Now Rajasimha in his next birth became king Madhukrīda of Hastinapura. King Naravrsabha and king Sumitra were born as sons to king Simhasena and queens Vijaya and Ambika, were called Sudarsana and Purusasimha and were the fifth of the Baladevas and Vasudevas.
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