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CONTENTS, birth to a boy who was named Sena. And in the following year Laksmi was rebom as Vigena, son of the king's brother Harigeņa by his wife Taraprabha. 498, 4.
Once sounds of jubilation resounded in the town, gods op peared in the sky, and a rain of flowers came down. For a nun had just then reached omniscience (kevala). The king went to see her; he paid her homage and listened to her preaching. They were joined by two merchants Bandhudeva and Sigara. The latter remarked that he had witnessed something very strange. His wife had some time ago lost a necklace; to-day when he was in his picture gallery' he had seen a peacock stepping bodily out of the painting ; after depositing the lost necklace, the bird hnd returned to its original place and form in the picture. The king, in great amazement, asked the nun to explain that strange occurrence. She told the
Story of the lost necklace. 501, 16–514,6.
In a former birth, she said, I was (iuņaári. Hister of Dhanapati and Dhankvaha, merchants in Sankhavardhana, and I was wed.. der to Somadevn, who died before the marriage was consummated. Having been instructed in the Jaina crocd hy thc nun Candrakāntā, 1 desired, after the decore of my parents, to become a nun; but my brothers would not consent to it. However they permitted me to spend large sums for building a temple, etc., while my sisters-in-law grumbled at it. In order to know my brother's mind, I had recourse to deceit. When Dhanapati was already in his bedroom, I gave, within his hearing, moral instruction to his wife, and concluded with advising her to take care of her sūri, after which she entered the bedroom.. Her husband inferred from my words, that she was guilty of unfaith fulness; he, therefore, did not admit her to his bed, but bado her leave his house. She was in great distress and told me next morning what had happened. I reconciled her to Dhanapati, but I was satisfied that he could be made to believe that white is black. In the same way and with the same result I put
Oitradala ; probably a room with frescoes on the wall; for later on it is called an inner appartment, visabhavana or vaangeha. $12, 11.
