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all we bad gained; but I became averso to wordly life and took the vows. After my death, I became a god in Praņata hoaven, and Dhanadeva a denizen of hell in Pankaprabha. 104, 16. The scene of our next buman birth was Hastinapura; we wero both Jaina merchants, my name was Viradova, his Droņaka; our mutual relation was the same as in our previous birth. Dropaka became very rich by trading on a capital lent him by me, end built a fine villa. In the uppermost story of the house a jutty was so constructed, that it should give way when somebody was on it ; his device was that I should enter it and meet with my death. However, he got into such a confusion when he showed me over the new house, that he was the first to mount the jutty; so he fell down and was smashed. I was 80 affected by this accident, that I entered the Order. After my death I became a god in one of the Graiveyaka heavens ; Dronaka became a denizen of hell in Dhūmaprabhå. 107, 2.
On descending from heaven I was born in Campäväsa as the son of Māņibhadra and his wife Håriņi. My paronts gavo me the name of Pūrņ&bhadra; but I was also called Amara. gupta, because the first word I ever uttered had been amara. Droņaka was reborn as Nandayanti, daughter of a merchant. She became my wife, but retained the same deceitful disposition towards mé ag in her former births. Once she pretended to have lost a must Valuable pair of earrings. To console her for the loss I presented her with new earrings. After a few days when I was going to anoint myself,, 1 gave her my signet-ring which she put' in her jewel 'box. After my bath, and dinnor, I opened the box to take back my ring, when to my utter amazement I discovered, in it the lost earrings. At that moment Nandayanti entered the room and seeing the ring in my hand was confounded with shame. In order to avoid disgrace sho prepared a poisonous charm; but before she could administer it to me, she was stung by a Make, and died notwithstanding my, endeavour to save her. Grief and despair, Amaragupta concluded, induced me to enter the Order. 109, 18.
