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CONTENTS Law; his suffering on earth was not to be compared to what he had undergone many times in hell.
The king was awakened by his sermon, and entered the Order under Vijayadharma. 700, 13.
Vánamantare at the end of his life fell ill and died a most miserable death; he descended to the hell Mahatama. Guņacandra died by pada popagamana and Ascended to the heaven Sarvărthasiddha.' 701, 14.
NIXTH BHAVA.
(Samarāditya and Girisena.) In Ujjayini reigned king Purusasimha, his wife was Sundari. When the soul of Gunacandra was to enter on his last birth, be was embodied in the womb of queen Sundari, who on her conception dreamt that the sun was entering her body. In due time she was delivered of a boy, who was named, after his grandfather, Samarăditya. And the soul of Vánamantara after leaving hell and going through a great number of animal births was born as the Cåndala Girisena; he was ugly and miserable. 705, 15.
In consequence of his good karma Samaráditya grew up a most virtuous, intelligent, and accomplished young man; he recollected his former births, of which fact, however, nobody else was aware. Since the prince was averse to all pleasures and worldly interests, and delighted only in pure meditation, his father desired to bring him back to habits of life more conformable to his exalted state. He, therefore, surrounded him with clever and gay companions, Asoka, KÀmänkura, Lalitanga, and others. They did their best to amuse the prince, who humoured them hoping to bring about their enlightenment. 706, 8.
Once they engaged him in a discussion about the import of the Kamasastra, asserting that it was necessary for attaining the highest good. The prince refuted their arguments one by one and proved that the precepts of the Kámasastra did but lead people to sin. 716, ..
This is the name of the highest bonven. Our author calls it here devvasiddha and 703,1 Mablaiddha. The gode in Servärthasiddha are born only onoo more, Tattvirth, 8. IV 27.
