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INTRODUCTION
and obtained the desired favour. The son was named Umbaradatta and was brought up with care. Once Sagaradatta went on a voyage, but lost his life in a sh pwreck and also his fortuue. The boy was turned out of his house like Ujjhiyaa. Once he suffered from several diseases simultaneously like asthma and leprosy. He was seen wandering in the city in that plight by Indrabhuti who asked his Master about Umbaradatta in the usual way. Mahavira then said (§ 127-133, 139-142):--
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There lived in Vijayapura a physician named Dannantari, who was well-versed in all the branches of the science of medicine. He used to prescribe to his patients meat preparations and himself enjoyed them. As a result of these acts he was born in hell and thereafter as Umbaradatta (§ 134-136). His further wanderings in the samsara were similar to those of Miyaputta (§ 143).
8. There lived in Soriyapura a fisherman, Samuddadatta by name, and his wife Samuddadatta. They had no son, but by the favour of Yaşka Soriyadatta, they got one whom they named Soriyadatta. This boy succeeded his father as the chief fisherman of the place and used to catch fish from the river Yamuna. His business was to sell the fish to the public and he himself enjoyed dishes of fish. Once a fish-bone got into his throat which nobody was able to take out. Soriyadatta suffered terribly on this account when Indrabhuti happened to see him in the plight. He asked his Master who that Soriyadatta was and what he did in his past life to deserve his miserable fate. Mahavira then said (§ 144-148, 152-156):
