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ings, I entered the order of a monk. After my death I was born as the Vaimãnika god in Brahmloka while my adversary in the S'arkaraprabhã hell as a hell-dweller(91. 7).
After our respective periods being over, we were reborn, I as Candrasãra, the son of a merchant named Rayanasıra in the city of Rayanapura of Gandhalãvati in the country of Videha, while the other as Anahaka, the son of Narmada, a slave-girl in my father's house. I married Candrakãntã. The relations of Anahaka and myself were on the basis of inveterate hatred though I was sincere. Once upon a time when Anahaka and I had gone to some other place and while the king was absent from the town, S'abara chief Vindhyketu raided the town and abducted many people among whom was also my wife. While we returned, an old Brahmana advised us that the S'abaras by keeping the abducted people with them and wanted to extort money. So Anahaka and I went towards the camp of S'abaras, taking with us the ransom -money for my wife and the victuals.(92. 15.)
Now, the S'abaras had cainped after the raid on the city near a lone village by the well. My wife, under the fear of being ravi
