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latter had, in the night, conjured a Yakşa girl who had prosented him with that shdwl. Having accepted it, I went to the shore where we found a big boat. I and Vasubhūti went on board the ship which soon got'under weigh. On the 13th day & violent storm overtook us and wrecked the ship. I got on a plank and in three days was landed on the shore, whence I marched inland. Wandering through woods and along the bank of a river, I discovered in the sand a track of footprints which, I had no doubt, were of a woman. 333, 18. Following the track, I descried a Tāpasa girl of exquisite beauty who was culling flowers. From behind a shrub I observed her closely and WAH struck by her resemblance to Vilasavati, which kindled the flame of my love. Concealing my emotion and greeting her respectfully, I told her who I was and whence I came, and asked her the name of the land. But she only looked at me in apparent confusion and silently went away. I watched her on her way back to the hermitage and perceived unmistakable signs of her being in love, but thinking my curiosity improper I returned to the river. In the night I had the following dream: a divine girl gave me a garland of heavenly flowers prepared for me, and I put it round my neck. Cries of cranes awakened me. From my dream and some omens I conjectured that I should noon he united with Vilāsavati. I, therefore, went in quest of the Tapasa girl and searched the woods all over for some daya, hut in vain. Once while I rested under a banyan tree, an old Tapasa woman came towards me; greeting me as prince, she rat down by my side and bade me listen to her. 338, 10, I am, she said, Macanamanjari, daughter of Sahasrabala, king of the Vidyadharas in Gandhasamddha on mount Vaitādhya, and was married to the Vidyadhara prince Pavanagati. Opce we had gone, through tho air, to Nandanavana and were enjoying ourselves there, when my husband, all of a sudden, fell dead from his chair. I then became aware that I had lost the power of flying. In my helpless condition was found and comforted by a friend of my father, Devananda, who had become the head of the Tāpasas. He brought me to this island and admitted me to his order with the essent of my father. 340, 7. Once walking on the beach, I found a most beautiful maiden lying senseless by the
