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the vidyadhara king Ašanighosa. Ašanighoşa had abducted queen Sutārā, the wife of Srivijaya, Sriviyaja asks his friend Amitateja for help. Amitateja acquires mahājalini višja od Hrimoota mountain and comes back to Camaracañca country where the fierce battle was going op. Afanighosa and his fellow vidyādharas start running away on seeing Amitateja 'the siddhavilja'. Amitateja employed the mahājāla vijja so that the enemies could not run away. In return Aganighosa also employed Viijamuhi vijjaz to make mahājāla ineffective. But even then the vidyadharas were unable to run away and surrendered them selves to Amitateja.
From the above story it appears that the mahājālutija was a sort of a magic web in which the enemies could be trapped. Tirakkharani" (Skt. Tiraskarini)
With the help of this vidyā, as the name suggests, one could become invisible. He could easily roam anywhere without being scen by anybody. It is said that a vidyadharī called Kanakamala had concealed her pregnancy through Tirakkharani vījjā.0
In the VHM, Prabhāvatı had assumed the form of a śālabhañjika with the help of the Tirakkharini vijja.si Mabārobiņi" :
Mahārohiņi is also an important vidya. With the help of this vidya a male or a female could assume the form of a cowherd or a kāpalika. Prabhāvati had once disguised herself as a handsome young kāpalika.83
Quite often the vidyās are mentioned in pairs, either complementary or contrasting. They are as follows: 1. Osovuņi and Talugghadapi34 : (Skt. avasvāpinitālodgbāțani),
These vidyās were useful to the thieves. The chief of the thieves Prabava along with his friend Jambu, once entered a house for robbery. First of all, he opened the locks with Tālugghādani vijjā, then with the help of Osovani, he made all the members of the house fall asleep. Afterwards he robbed them off all their belongings.85
In the VHM also. a yogini called Sulasă who was adept in mirculous vidyās possessed these two vidyas which were beneficial to the thieves. 86 2. Thambhini-Moyani87 (Skt. sthambhini-Mocani)
These two vidyās were used to stupefy anybody. While committi og theft, thieves made people senseless through Thambhini and after finishing their work brought them back to senses by Moyaņi. Thambhini seems similar to Osovani. In the VHM again both these vidyās occur together but in place of Moyani it is Vimokkbani Vimokşani). 88
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