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me in Ujjayini. There I was so unhappy that I conceived
the design of abandoning the body; so at nightfall I went
into the cemetery and proceeded to construct a pyre with
Harisikhas the lo g s there - 1 lighted it, and began to wor-
Account of Ms ship the fire, and while I was thus engaged a
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prince of the demons, named Talajangha, came
'
Why do you enter the fire ?
up to me, and said to me :
Your master is alive, and you shall be united with him, now
that he has obtained the supernatural powers he desired.'
With these words, the demon, though naturally cruel, lovingly
dissuaded me from death : even some stones melt when fate
is propitious. Then I went and remained for a long time
performing asceticism in front of the god ;
and some divinity
has to-day brought me to you, my liege."
Thus Harisikha told his tale, and the others in their turn
told theirs, and then, at the suggestion of Amitagati, King
Naravahanadatta incited the venerable Dhanavati, adored
by the Vidyadharas,
ministers of his also. Then all his ministers also became
Vidyadharas ; "
and Dhanavati said : Now conquer your
enemies " ; so on a fortunate day the hero gave orders that
the imperial troops should march out towards the city of
Gaurimunda, called Govindakuta.
Then the army of the Vidyadharas mounted up into the
sky, obscuring the sun, looking like a rising of Rahu out of
due time, chilling to the foe. And Naravahanadatta himself
ascended the pericarp of the lotus chariot, and placed his
wives on the filaments, and his friends on the leaves, and,
to bestow all the sciences on those
preceded by Chandasimha and the others, set out through
the air to conquer his enemies. And when he had completed
half his journey he came to the palace of Dhanavati, which
was called Matangapura, and he stayed there that day, and
she did the honours of the house to him. And while he was
there, he sent an ambassador to challenge to the combat the
Vidyadhara princes Gaurimunda and Manasavega.
The next day he deposited his wives in Matangapura,
and went with the Vidyadhara kings to Govindakuta. There
Gaurimunda and Manasavega came out to fight with them,
and Chandasimha and his colleagues met them face to face.