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145 127. and even a friend becomes a cause of descending calamities;
for the leg of the mother becomes a post for tying the
calf. 128. Now we will report to the disciple Jinadāsa that the
sādhu is in this condition for we know that he is active
in good works. 129. Here in the city there are five hundred Jaina temples
and in them he is solicitous in performing the pūja at
dawn, noon and sunset. 130. Their door-keys are kept with him and therefore among
the people he has received the surname of Kuñcika'. 131. Those cowherds told the merchant Kuñcika of the affair
of the sādhu and he went there with an oiled hide taking
his men 132. and had him brought to his house on the oiled hide after
making obeisance to him and asking permission.
Then he recounted to the sādhus what had happened. 133. They said: 'Disciple, what are we to do?' Kuñcika
told them : 'The merchant Dhanapravara has a
daughter Accankāriyā 134. and in her house she keeps Lakşapāka oil. Ask for some
and bring it here quickly. With it I will heal him.' 135. The sādhus said they would do so and at once went to
her house ; and she, greatly rejoiced, rose and made
obeisance to them. 136. She said: 'Tell me your business. The sādhus told
her and she bade a servant-girl : 'Bring me a pot of
the oil.' 137. Meanwhile in his court in the paradise of Saudharma • Sakra was extolling the virtues of Accankāriyā Bhattā:
Now listen, 138. because of her meritorious deeds she cannot even be
roused to anger by a god'. Then a god came to test her. 139. He caused the pot of oil' to fall from the servant girl's
hand by his power. A second one was broken similarly. Then getting up herself
