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The eleventh Anga
[ I. Lect. 3.
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sena, as soon as he became the leader of thieves, became irreligious (here the rest to be supplied $16, down to) took away the revnue of king Mahabbala. Then the people of that country, being greatly tortured by the massacre of many villages by Abhaggasena, the leader of thieves, summoned each other and having done so spoke thus: "Oh, you, beloved of the gods! Abhaggasena, the leader of thieves, by destruction of many villages (here the rest to be supplied § 16, do vn to) deprives the northern people of the city of Purimatāla of their wealth etc. Therefore, verily, it is desirable (lit. good) that this information should be given to king Mahabbala in the city of Purimatāla." Then those people of the country mutually approved of this thing and having taken with them a costly, valuable and precious present fit for a king they went to where the city of Purimatāla was and having done so they went to where king Mahabbala was and having done so they presented (lit. brought) before him that costly (as above, down to) present and having folded their hands they spoke thus to the king Mahabbala: “Truly, oh, lord! Abhaggasena, the leader of thieves, in Sālā, the forest-settlement of thieves, by means of the massacre of many villages (here the rest to be supplied § 16, down to) deprives us of wealth etc. Therefore, we wish oh, lord! to live happily under the shelter of your hands fearless and free from troubles," and having done so
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