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$$ 13–19. ]" Vivāgasuyam. that Vijaya, the leader of thieves, on the eleventh day after the birth of that boy, got prepared abundant food (4), invited his friends, castefellows ( and so forth, here the rest to be supplied, down to ) spoke thus before those friends, casle-fellows (und so forth ) : " Because this pregnancy-desire of this description arose in us (i.e. in the mind of the mother of the boy ) when this boy entered the womb therefore let our son be ‘Abhaggasena-one having an invincible army (of thieves)’-by name. Then that boy Abhaggaseņa, being taken care of by five nurses (here the rest to be supplied. § 12, down to ) grew up.
19. Then that boy Abhaggasena completed his boyhood, was married to eight girls by his parents (here the rist to be supp'iect, down to ) was given gifts consisting of eight articles and enjoyed pleasures of life in lofty mansions. Then at a certain time that Vijaya, the leader of thieves, met with death. Then that boy Abhaggasena, crying, weeping and sobbing and being surrounded by five hundred thieves, removed the dead body of Vijaya, the leader of thieves, with great pomp and show and having done so he performed the various worldly funeral rites; and after some time he had his grief mitigated. Then, at a certain time those five hundred thieves crowned the boy Abhaggasena to the great leadership of thieves in Sālā, the forestgettlement of thieves. Then that boy Abhagga
