Sambodhi 1974 Vol 03

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Dhanapala and some aspects of modern fictional technique ,25 the love-letter before the former for interpretation, and Samaraketu began to relato his story.
Now, prior to his night-attack against Vajrayudba on Madana-trayodasi, Samaraketu arrived and stayed at Kance for five or six days. Prior to this, he saw Malayasundari at the temple on the Ratnakata island on the day next to that of the Kaumudi-mahotsaya, 1.e the full-moon day of the month of Karttika, el the same day on which the Holy-Bath Ceremony of Lord Mahavira was performed by the Vidyadharas at mid-night. At that time Malayasundari was sixteen, aa and Samaraketu had already completed his eighteenth year,28 Thus, Malayasundari was of the game age as that of Harivahana, and Samaraketu was elder to the prince by two years! It, thus, follows that "Malayasundars was first seen by Samaraketu about six months prior to his night-attack.
Gandharvaka started with Citralekha's errand and mot Harivahana on the same day on which the latter went to the Mattakoklla garden at Ayo dhya. The letter of Samaraketa despatched through Gandharvaka on that day reached Malayasındart the very next day when she was about to drown herself in the Adrolapāra lake 1 On the same day, but before the moulago was found by Malayasundari, Gandharvaka incurred the curse of Mahodara and was transformed into a parrot,95
Malayasundari was born to Gandharvadatta in the third or fourth year after the latter's marriage with King Kusumasokhara of Kanc,4 The message sent by Citralek ba, through Gandharvaka, to Vicitravirya shows that the identity of Gandharvadatta was well-established when Gandharvaka first met Harivahana, When Gandharvadatta was kidnapped and soparated from her kins, she was about ten years of age and abe was most probably married in her sixteenth year. Thus, her identity was established roughly in her thirty-sixth year! It was roughly before as many years that King Meghavahana was busy enjoying love-sports with his queens, though fruitlessly so far as a male issuo was concerned And it was roughly in his early fifties that he was epilghtened by the Vidyadhara Muni. (This was roughly the age at which Dhanapala himself was enlightened by Mahendrasarl, throngh his disciplc Sobhana Munt, the younger brother of Dhanapala I)
After the departure of Gandharvaks from Ayodhya, Harlvæhana passed the Grisma and the Varşā sasons; he set out on a visit of his domains at the start of the Sarad season, 17
In the meantimo, after Gandharvaka carried unconscloua Malaysanndart in the aeropiane and, baying incurred the curse of Mahodara, bocamo a parrot, Citramaya walted for about six months to exoouto the advice of Gandhryakers 490 then, assuming the form of Harivahana's Sambodhi 3.1