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spiritual practices learnt (from Mahavir) as before.
Fourteen years passed in the practices. When half of the fifteenth
year passed, once at mid-night Sakadalputra was deeply engaged
in his spiritual meditation. A demon-god appearedthere in order to —
inspire him to discard his faith. He threatened him that he would
kill his sons. He further threatened he would misbehave with his
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