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man, seating him on a donkey and leading him in mook parado through the streets. The constant i-usage caused A great despair. Ponchoring on his wrongs he resolved to acquire religions morit in order that in his next life his lot should be happier. 9, 2. He left - home and wandering about he happened to come to the pleasant hermitage Suparitoga of the Tāpasas. Their superior Arjava Kaundinya reosived thim kindly and on learning the cause of his despair agreed to admit him to the order of Tapasas. V, 20. On the day of his conuboration he vowed to take food only once a month during his life and nover to enter more than one house for getting his meal whether he got one or not. This vow he kept many lakhs of former years'' and thereby acquired the reputation of being a saint with the inhabitants of the neighbouring town Vasantapura. 11, 14.
Meanwhile Gunasena had succeeded his father on the throne. Once he went, together with his wife Vasantasena, to Vasantapura where he took up his abode in the palace Vimd. nacohandaka. 12, 15. The next morning he rode many horses and resting himself from this exercise in a large mango park he was met by two Tāpasa novices who had been sent by their superior to inquire after his health. He paid the latter & visit in his hermitage and conversed with him on religious matters. At last he invited the superior and his disciples to take their meals regularly in his palace. The superior acoepted the invitation for all except one Tapase-Agnisarman--who was unable to come by reason of his vowowhith he explained to the king. 14, 2. Gunason, desirous to make the acquaintance of so great and ascetio...for he had forgotten all about. Agnisarman,---visited him without recognising him and inquired of him why he had taken 80 novero a vow. A. məntioned as hig, motives his poverty, his ugliness, his disgrace, and prince Gunasena his kalyānamitra,
? The Tápases are bara described as brahmanical asostios living in woods.
? One former year (pårva) consists of 7,680 .common year. W the dupama-rupamb period in which the events of our story are rapposed to have ocourrod, men lived 84 lakhs of former years. Praotloally, how ever, no account is further taken by our author at the enormous langth al she life of man, nor of their height, vix. 800 dhanus or about 2,000 tocka
