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OONTENTS. Mangalaka stayed near the hidden trengutes and died there from starvation. After a long stay in hell he was robora was a he-goat belonging to the Caņdala Velltyaka. Once this man drove his herd over the place wltere the treasure was hidden. The goat, suddenly recolleoting his former births, would not let himself be driven away from that place. His resistence put Velliyaka into such a rage that he killed the goat, who was reborn as a mouse in the same place. There it was killed by & gambler, and was rebotn as the latter's son Rudracenda. He became a robber and was impaled for an act of burglary. After a long stay in hell he was reborn as Sridevi, daughter of a merchant in Lakşminilaya; she was married to Samudradatta. 161, 18. I was reborn as her son Sågaradatta; my religious guide was Devasarman. I married Nandini who bore me a son. To celebrate his birth, I made an excursion in the course of which I came to the place of the hidden treasure, and by chance I selected that spot to erect the flag in honour of my son. In digging: a hole in the ground for the flag, I discovered the treasure ; but I quickly covered it up and made the hole in some other place. After the feast I went home and consulted my mother as how to act. She made me show her the spot, but advised me not to remove the board for the present lest the king should come to know of it. Her intention was to reserve the treasure for herself and to put me out of the way. Accordingly she administered a strong poison to me, and when it took effect she raised a loud cry. Among thu crowd which drew round us, happened to be a magfoian, who' restored me to life. These events induced me to be ordained by Devasarman. On my death I became a god in the Graiveyaka heaven. My mother died before having removed the treasure. She had to endure punishment in hell and afterwards to go through * long series of animal births. At last her. soul was lodged in the co0o-nut tree, which still retaining its avarice sent a long root towards the treasure. 163, 18.
This account of my former births which the Tirthakara told mo, mada such an impression on mo, that I entered the Order undør Gañadhara Vijayadharma.--When Vijayasimha
