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retinue, twelve-Jina-temples, two lakhs and a half of pilgrims, twelve caravan-leaders, twelve thousand carts, fifty thousand pack-bulls, twelve hundred loaded mules, twelve hundred camels, two thousand horsemen, one thousand travellers on foot, and hundreds of torch-bearers He got prepared a banner of gold twelve yojanas* in length-beginning from the main Jina-temple of Satrunjaya and ending at the temple of Sri NémiNätha on Raivata mountain, having placed guards at a distance of one yojana each on the way, he could succeed in adorning the temple-spire with the banner juist on the third day He spent fiftyfour Dhatis of gold after this.
Having pleased King Sarangadēva of Karanăvati, Zinzana had got ninety-six rulers released from his captivity, and had forced the King to fold his hands for the sake of camphor in an interesting way. As a rule, the King would never stretch forth his right hand. When he arrived at the camp of the caravan-leader Zārzana, he was hailed with high regards. Then, as he was going to offer betel to the King, the latter as it were, snatched it away, with his left hand. Zārzaga was wonder-struck at such an untoward behaviour of the King and learnt its cause from the royal servants. There-after, he brought a large quantity of camphor and streamed it in the King's palm. The left palm of the King was full and camphor began to drop down. So, having no other go, Sārangadeva stretched his right hand in order to hold the camphor that was dropping down from the other.
The father and the son had risen to the high status only from an ordinary plight, and had performed many a good deed with full faith in their religion. The incident of Péthad's shouldering the responsibility of supplying ghee from his own storage in spite of the royal command of collecting it from the people at large, stands as an evidence of his love for his subjects. Having displayed the great brilliance of his sway, and
* 1 Yojana = 8 miles
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