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with him, brought up with him, and who played with him in dust. Then at a certain time that king Sayaniya met with death. Then that prince Udayana crying, weeping and sobbing and being surrounded by many kings (here the rest to be supplied $11, down to ) merchants and others, removed the dead body of king Sayanîya with great pomp and show and performed the various wordly funeral rites. Then those many kings (as above, down to) merchants lavishly coronated that prince Udāyaṇa as their king. Then that prince Udāyaṇa became a king as powerful as the mountain Mahaya (here the rest to be supplied). Then that boy Bahassaidatta had free access to all places, all regions and even to the inner apartments as he was performing the duty of the family priest of king Udayana. Then that family priest Bahassaidatta entering the innerappartments at any proper or improper, not odd or odd time, at night or at twilight, at a certain time, fell into evil connection with the queen Paumāvaî, and enjoyed excellent pleasures with her. Now, on the other hand king Udayana having taken his bath (here the rest to be supp'ied, down to ) having decorated himelf went to where queen Paumāvai was, and -saw the family priest Bahassaidatta enjoying excellent pleasures with queen Paumavaî, and, therefore, being greatly enraged contractd his eyebrows in three folds on his forehead and got the family priest Bahassaidatta to be arrested by his
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