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ing about the forest Kādambari found the merchant-son, who had started for Dantapura, at dawn on the next day. He was tied with ropes made from creepers. He was made to proceed to the temple of Chandikā, along with his wife. He went a little way. He saw the surroundings of the temple of Chandikā. And how were they ! They were full of wood eaten up by white ants and of old trees which had rotted. [31] They were full of uneven ant-hills which had in them the pairs of serpents. They were full of noise made by the intoxicated and noisy groups of birds. There a number of Tris'ūla marks were made thickly with blood on the trunks of steep trees. There on the branches of the trees were hung mouths, tails, hoofs, horns and necks of buffaloes, and sheep and a number of clothes. And also,
It was like a cemetary which is mark. ed with skeletons, wherein the rays of the sun were obstructed by the flying groups of vultures surrounded by crows and birds. (28)
It rendered satisfaction to the hearts of Pis’achas, demons, Yaksas, evil spirits and
