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Some Important Episodes
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totally unrelated chaiacters, strangely enough spanning two generations. 8 Suhırannā, the courtesan lover of Vasudeva's grandson Samba (the son of Krsna by his queen Jambavati), and somasiri, just one of the beloved spouses in the long line of Vasudeva's own wives
The introduction of Madanamañjuk, in the BKSS and of Subirannā in the VH are almost identical. Both girls are daughters of a harlot ( Kaliodasenå 10 the VH and Kalingasenă in the BKSS ), both fall in love with the hero at a young age, and then, disappointed in love, want to commit suicide Elch is then brought together with her beloved by the stratageni of friends, eventually married to the hero, and has her status raised to lawful wife. The details of the narration are also strikingly in accord the ciicumstances of the prince's birth, his participation in a dance competition, the division of men according to wealth, religion, and pleasure, the entry into the prostitutes' dwellings, entertainment offered by Bhogavati (Padmadevikā 10 BRSS ) and the narration of her mistress' suffering, Buddhisena's (Gomukha's in BKSS) message to the pripce, and the explanation about the origin of prostitutes; al} these elements match perfectly between the two versions
There are, of course, minor deviations in detail between the two versions as well.' But except for the striking fact tha 5 In the Harivamia purana by Jinasena (19.34) a similar contradicta
is revealed when Samudravijaya, the elder brother of Vasudeva, make his younger brother sit on his lap, although Vasudeva is supposedly
by then a grandfather 6 After conceiving the child, Samba's mother Jambavati dreamed that
Krsna gave her a necklace. In the case of Naravāhapadatta, his mother Vasavadatta dreamt that she was taken to the land of Kubera, who presented her with a jewel possessing 26 pearls (BKŠS, Y 41-44) The four friends of Naravāhanadatta in the BKS can serve as an example. They were Haribikha, Marubhutika, Gomukha and Tapantaka, and were all song of king Udayana's ministers, appointed later as Naravāhanadatta's ministers at his consecration as royal prince Strictly speaking, these should have been the friends of Vasudeva in the VG but surprisingly enough they are transferred to Carudalta as bi
