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The. Eleventh Anga [ 1. Lect. 9.
The Ninth Lecture.
THE STORY OF DEVADATTĀ. (The Introduction to the Ninth Lecture in the
usual terms, is to be inserted here.) 30. Truly, oh, Jambû ! at that time and at that period there was a city named Rohîdaa which was prosperous, well protected and happy. In it there wasa park called Pudhavîvadansaa, a demigod named Dharana, a king named Vesamanadatta, his queen numed Siri and the boy Pîsanandî who was the crowned prince. In that city of Rohîdaa there dwelt a householder named Datta who was rich and prosperous. He had a wife named Kanhasirî. That Datta had a daughter named Devadattā by his wife Kanhasirî, who was perfect in every way (here the rest to be supplied, down to) possessed of excellence and having an exquisite kody. At that time and at that period Lord Mahāvíra arrived on a visit (here the rest to be supplied $$ 3-4, down to the assembly returned. At that time and at that period the eldest disciple of the Samana who was observing the two days' fasts (here the rest to be supplied § 9, down to) descended in the direction of the high road and saw elephants, horses and men (exactly as in $ 9). And amidst those men he saw a woman who was bound with her neck bent down, whose ears and nose were cut off (here the rest to be supplied §. 9, down to being impaled on the gallows. Then the following idea occured to Goyama (and went
