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'नस्यैव साकेतनरपतेर्मेघवाहनस्य'""
'सरयूतटासङ्गि मत्तकोकिलं नाम बाह्योद्यानमगच्छत्" 2 along with
'तदा विमुच्य मत्तकोकिलोपवनमध्यमयोध्यानगर्य्या: "3
also make it clear that Meghavahana having Ayodhya for his capital was also the overlord of Saketa and Mattakoila, the outer garden was clinging to the river Sarayu and belonged to Ayodhyā.
"क्व भूमि गोचरस्य निकेतनं साकेतनगरं 'M
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referring to Harivahana as the resident of Saketa.
"विधुरीभूतमनसः कोशलधिप सुतस्य''
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referring to Harivahana feeling distressed at heart on the inception of the rainy season along with
“कपलाविलेषु साकेतपुरपरिसरेषु .... खण्डितय दृच्छाविहारकौतुकस्य'"
also mentioning the lack of gaiety on the face of Harivahana even when he roved about the out precincts of Saketa turbid with the patches of mire;
"अद्यैव कमलगुप्तं पुरस्कृत्य यात साकेतम् 7
referring to Samaraketu's admonition to his followers on their failure to trace Harivāhana, asking them to get back to Sāketa;
"नापि कुमारेण सह निर्गत्य सांप्रतमेकाकिना प्रविश्य साकेतमात्मजप्रवास वार्ता श्रवणविक्लवस्य विलपतो देवस्य मेघवाहनस्य मुखं दर्शयितव्यम् "
referring to Samaraketu's self remonstration in keeping away from the idea of getting back to Saketa without the company of Harivahana and thereby tormenting the heart of Meghavahana anxious to see the face and obtain the news about his son etc. and others amply corroborate the statement made above that Dhanapala hardly discerns a distinction between the two viz. Saketa and Ayodhya. Dr. Viśuddhananda Pāṭhaka in his "History of Kośala up to the rise of the Mauryas" has affirmed the view that
1. TM Sm. ed. p. 412.
2. Ibid. Vol. II p. 235.
3. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 378.
4. Ibid. Vol. III p. 23.
5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 30.
6. Ibid. Vol. III pp. 30-31.
7. Ibid. Vol. III p. 49.
8. Ibid. Vol. III p. 158.
