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his instructions to keep a watch with a sword in my hand, and by the way in which he applied the dagger on his own neck, also by the way I caught tightly by his hands with the dagger held in his hands, and threw him down on the ground; how he got up for a fight soon after regalning his conscionsness; how the divine females showered flowers-the sylvan deity made her appearance, and having given a blessing, she disappeared immediately;-how Ghoraśiva had a disgust for worldly enjoyments and be left the town with the object of committing sulclde; how he readily narrated his previous account, as well as, his compliance with my efforts at preventing such a heinous act, and also how Ghorasiva went to see the vidyādhara of his former acquaintance, in the vidyādhar's celestial car. The ministers, and citizens were greatly pleased on hearing the account, and they celebrated a great festival in the town.
For several days, Queen Campaka-Málā had some dohala (violent longings) owing to the supernatural influence of the distinguished foetus, viz. To give protection to needy persons. 2 To give alms to the poor and helpless individuals, 3 To worship gode and religious preceptors, and 4 To give to the family-members and other relations in accordance to their hearts' content. She thought:—"Happier than myself are the females who happily carry on their foetus to full maturity with all their longings perfectly fulfilled. Since the queen's dohalās (longings of pregnancy) were not satisfied, she began to experience emaciation like the waning Moon of the dark-half of the month.” One day, the king inquired:- O queen | How is it that you become so emaciated every day? After persistent questioning, she explained the cause to be her dohalās (puerperal longings). The king very joyfully fulfilled all her lungings in all their completeness. Soon after the fulfilment of her longings, the queen comfortably bearing her foetus like the earth bearing * treasure, and the directions bearing a treasure, and the directions bearing the Sun passed her days quite happily. After the lapse of nine months and seven days and a half, on the auspicious day with a lucky omen under the influence of a
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