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at the elephant. The arrow struck the animal when with fury it rushed upon him and fell dead on the spot. This disturbed the peace of the cobras and roused them up. One of them came out of the hole and saw the hunter standing. Raising its hood it bit him. The hunter immediately died; not however before cutting the snake into two. Thus the dead bodies of the elephant, the hunter who killed it and the snake that killed the hunter only to be killed in its turn, were all strewn together. A jackal which was observing all this from under a neighbouring bush came out and in great joy exclaimed, "What a huge mass of food for me! The elephant's body will last for six months, the hunter's will be sufficient for seven days, while the remains of the snake will be sufficient for the day." Thus saying it approached the body of the hunter. Close by, there was his bow. The jackal bit the strings unawares and the bow straightening with all its force struck its body killing it on the spot. The moral of the story is obvious.
3. Minor Kavyas.
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Kāvyas.
We shall now proceed to an account of the The minor minor Kavyas. Among these must be mentioned Nīlakēsi. Properly speaking it is in the nature of a treatise on logic. It is in manuscript form and has not yet been published. The heroine Nilakēsi is depicted as refuting the arguments of various other sects prevailing in the
