Book Title: Vivagsuyam
Author(s): Madhusudan Modi
Publisher: Gurjar Granth Ratna Karyalay

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________________ The Eleventh Anga [ 1. Lect. 6. which resembled a burning flame (i.e, which was red hot), and then they lavishly coronated (!) him who was amidst those men in various ways by strongly heated iron jars which, therefore, resembled a burning flame, some of which were filled with melted copper, some with melted tin, some with melted lead, some with water mixed with chunam and some with oil mixed with salts or acids. Then they made him put on a red hot ( lit. resembling a burning flame ) necklace consisting of eighteen strings, then a red hot necklace of nine strings (here the rest to be supplied, down to ) a red liot 'patta'-an ornament for the forehead and then a red hot crown. Then the following thought (here the rest to be supplied exactly as in § 10, down to ) : The samana answered : "Truly, oh Goyama ! at that time and at that period there was a city named Sihapura, in the country of Bhāraha in this very continent of Jambuddiva, which was prosperous, well-protecteil and happy. In that city of Sîhapura there was a king named Siharaha. That king Siharaha had a jailor named Dujjohana who was irreligious (here the rest to be supplied, down to ) difficult to be pleased. That jailor had these articles, for use in the jail for extortion of prisoners, of the following description viz. many iron pots—kundis' some of which were full of copper, some full of tin, some full of lead, some full of water mixed with chunam and some full of oil mixed with salts or acids all of which were kept burning on fire.

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