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injury in the foot. All elephantesses and the head-elephant were now sympathetic for her and got adjusted to her absence.
Then the delivery-time of this elephantess drew near. There was one hermitage of sages nearby. She went there and gave birth to a male-elephant. For one or twu weeks she fed' her young one and when the baby-elephant' was able to procure his own food, she returned back to the group.
On the other side, the hermits reared this baby-elephant. This newly born elephant also considered himself as a kith and kin of the hermits. He watered the plants in the hermitage with its trunk. Because he used to water the garden of flowers in this way, the hermits called it Sechanak.
Gradually, Sechanak grew into fulfledged elephant. It began to roam freely
