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CONTENTS OF THE SAMARAICCA KAHA.
BHUMIKA. After the mangala and an admonition to his hearers the author states that according to ancient &diryas the subject of Kathis is of three kinds, being concerned with gods, with gods and men, or with men only. 2, 15. There are four kinds of Kathab: artha-, kāma-, dharma-, and samkirna-kathās 3,10. And there are three kinds of hearers: the low, middle, and highest; or tāmasa, rājasa, and sāltrika. The first delight in arthak., the second in kāmak., and the third in dharmak.; but if the second kind are in some degree sättvika, they prefer the samkir. makatha. The present story is a dharmakathā and treats of gods and men. 4, 14. Praise of dharma and dharmakathā, 6, 8. Here will be narrated nine births (bhava) of the hero and the antagonist, in which they were connected with each other.
In eight samgrahanigāthas, ascribed to early Acáryas, are statod in the names and the mutual relation of these two persons in
those nine births, the towns where they lived, the heavens and hells which were the reward of one and the punishment of the othèr. 6, 17..
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(Guņaseña and Agnisarman.) In the town Kșitipratisthita of Aparavidehas there lived king Pūrņaoandra ; his wife was Kumydint; and their son Gunasena. The king's purohita was Yajnadatta, his wife Somadová. Their son Agnisarman was & misshaped urobin of extreme ugliness. 8, 5. Prace Gunaseng used to make fun of Agnisar.
1 The numbers in the text refer to the pages and lines of the edition.
2 The te me subject is treated by Siddhairi in the introduction to the Upomitibhavaprapancb Katha v 26-50. .
Aparavideha is the fabulous pountry to the west of mount Meru, Kpitipratinthita is not mentioned among the stics of Aparavideba, but is waually spoken of u dituated i Bharatavany, so by Haribhadra himsoll, De 798 L.
