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TRANSLATION 9. There ruled a king whose glory was famed in the ten
quarters of the world : he did not seek repayment of debts and his lotus feet were frictioned by the crores of jewelled diadems of the kings who bowed down in
homage. 10. Like a sun to the darkness of his foes and like a moon
to the lotuses that were his numerous kinsfolk was that king, Manipati by name, the jewelled lamp of the house
of his race. II. He was assiduous as a bee at the lotus feet of the divine
Mahāvira and resembled a guru initiating into widowhood the wives of his enemies. Now this king who
was an ocean of virtues had a wife called 12. Pịthvi radiant from her pure tilaka like the earth resplen
dent with rows of punnāga and madana trees; she had
limpid jewels and was of high family. 13. She had three things delicate : the hair, the teeth and
the nails; three things broad: the breast, the mouth
and the forehead; three things red: 14. the tongue, the hands and the feet; three things deep:
the navel, the soul and the voice; and three things
short : the neck, the legs and the thighs. 15. The look in her eyes was tender; her hands and feet
glistened like lotuses, and her teeth were like even,
white peaks encompassed by the lofty firmament. 16. She had lucky marks on the thumb and at the base of
the thumb and a line running up the forehead ; her gait was that of a swan; her hands were decorated;
and she was a storehouse of good qualities. 17. Their eldest son, heroic, generous, steadfast, upright,
handsome, untroubled by sickness, skilled in the arts,
mindful of services, 18. assiduous in attendance on the gurus, truthful in speech,
popular, obedient, well brought up, was called Municandra.
