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XXX Amaragupta's tale. 83, 8–100, 18. 'In the remote polst, he said, I was born, in Campávina as Soma, daughter of the merchant Sudhanus' and his wife Dhanasrt; I was married to Rudradeva, son of the merchant Nanda. Once I, made the acquaintanoe of the pravartint Balaoandra. Her religious instruction made such an impression on me, that I became averse to worldly pleasures. My husband was much displeased at my disposition and ordered me to give up my religion, nor could I win him over to my opinion. He now began to hate me, and even courted Nāgasri, but met with a refusal from her father Nágadeva. '86, 1. Despairing of winning her during my life he resolved to take it. He asked me to fotoh a garland out of a certain jar in which he had previously placed a poisonous snake. Of course, I was stung by the snake and soon died. After my death I became a god in LilAvatamsaka Vimana of Saudharma Kalpa. Rudradeva married Nagasri; after his death he descended to the hell Ratnaprabha. 86, 6. After a palyopama® we both were reborn, I as an elephant on mount Sumsumăra, and he as a parrot. His desiro to decpive me which he had conceived in our former birth, roep. peared when he saw me, and made him desirous of doing me harm. 86, 16. To the place where we were, there came Lilárati,
Vidyādhåra, and Candralekha, sister of Mrgānkasona, with whom he had el&pod, and hid from their pursuer among the shrubs. He entreated the parrot not to betray him and to tell him when his pursuer had gone. 87,6. The parrot thought this an excellent opportunity to carry out his sinister.design. He told his wife in my hearing that, as he hall learnt from the Roi Vasistha, on the next hill there was a spot, called Sarvakāmika
I Sudhapū in Prakrit. The Sapkepa has Sukhajna which prenupposes in Prakrit Suhapgū.
. Il from a pit measuring a yojana in depth and breadth, and Alled with the fitheut hair-ends, one hair is taken out every hundred years, the pitowill be empty after a palyopama. T. L. Jaini (Jaina Gem Dictionary p. 165) bas calculated the number of yean contained in & palyopamas this number consists of 47 figures. A dgaropama (covan of yours) 200tains • kopätofi of palyapamad; the number of yean in it consists of 67 figurer.
