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........ EMANCIPATION OF PĀRÁVANATHA . 407. went away. Sāgara, delighted, showed the sādhus the golden statue of the Arhat. The sādhus taught him the dharma taught by the Arhats and he became a layman.
One day he asked the sādhus: “ Of which Arhat is this the image? By what procedure must I install it? Now do your Reverences tell me.” The sādhus said: “ Sri Pārsva is now stopped in the district Pundravardhana. Go and ask him.” Sāgara went at once, bowed to Sri Pārśva and asked him about the procedure suitable for the jeweled statue in all respects. The Master explained to him with reference to his own samavasaraņa all the supernatural powers of the Arhats, the worship of the Jinas, and the installation (of the statue). He had it installed in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Jina, thinking, “ It is the statue of a Tirthakrt.” The next day he became a mendicant in the presence of the Master. Then the Blessed One with his retinue, attended by gods and asuras, endowed with all the supernatural powers, went elsewhere.
Story of Bandhudatta (50–297) Now in the city Nāgapuri, there was a king, Sūratejas, the chief of the glorious, like the Indra of the serpents in the city of the Nāgas. There was a rich man, Dhanapati, friend of the king, and Dhanapati's wife Sundari, fair in conduct. They had a son, Bandhudatta, who had his grandfather's name, well-bred and virtuous, and he reached youth. Mānabhanga, by whom his enemies' minds were broken, was king in the city Kaušāmbi in the country Vatsa. There was a rich man, Jinadatta, devoted to the religion of the Jinas, who had a wife Vasumati and a daughter, Priyadarśanā. She had a friend, the daughter of the Vidyadhara, Angada, named Msgāńkalekhā, devoted to the Jinas' doctrine. The two friends passed the days with worship of the gods, service to the guru, study of dharma, et cetera.
One day it was said by a sādhu, who had come in his wandering, to a second sādhu, in reference to Priyadarśanā,
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