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ŚRĪ MAGHAVACAKRAVARTICARITRA 165 Then the cakrin went to the southern bank and conquered Sindhudevi; then, advancing, he arrived at Mt. Vaitādhya. The cakravartin made the Prince of Vaitādhya subject to himself, took presents from him, and went to Tamisrā. He conquered duly the god Kệtamāla, placed like a door-keeper at the entrance to the cave Tamisrā. At his command the general crossed the Sindhu by the skin(-jewel), subdued her western district and returned. When the opening of the double-doors had been made by the general with the staff-jewel, the cakrin on the elephant-jewel entered the cave with his army. The cakrabhịt, provided with light inside by circles drawn with the cowrie and by a stream of light from the gem-jewel set on the elephant's right boss, crossed the rivers inside, Unmagnajalā and Nimagnajalā, very difficult to cross, by a path made by the carpenter(-jewel), and with his army left the cave by way of the north entrance whose double-doors opened of their own accord.
Maghavan duly conquered the Kirātas named Apātas, very hard to conquer, like Maghavan (Indra) conquering the asura-soldiers. The general conquered the western district of the Sindhu, 222 and he himself went and subdued the Prince of Himācula. He took the cowrie-jewel and wrote his own name, "Maghavan Cakravartin,” on the peak named Rşabha.
Then Maghavan turned back and had the eastern district of the Gangă conquered by the general and he himself subdued the goddess Ganga. The third cakradhara easily subdued the Vidyadharas in the two rows on Mt. Vaitādhya. Knowing the duties of a cakrabhrt, he made another, Nātyamāla, living at the entrance of Khandaprapătă, subject to himself as usual. The cakrin left Vaitādhya by the double-door opened by the general, like a boat leaving the water of the ocean.
The nine treasures, dwelling there at the mouth of the Gangā, Naisarpa, et cetera, submitted to him with
222 37. See above and II, n. 303.
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