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The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

An English translation of one of the five great Tamil classics, a story of Buddhist virtues, magical powers and philosophy; along with a detailed study of the text.

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243 - Good and Bad Deeds<br />

Going to the Cakravāḷakoṭṭam, she circumambulated three times the<br />

guests’ hall, the temple of Champāpati, and the statue on the pillar and<br />

passed by way of air to where ‘the descendant of Indra’, Āputra, was<br />

holding rule. Getting down in a grove of flowering trees, she, with<br />

due reverence, enquired of a hermit the name of the place and that of<br />

the ruler of the locality. She was told that the city was Nāgapura, and<br />

its ruler Puṇyarāja, the son of Bhūmicandra. He further offered the<br />

information that,<br />

‘Since the birth of this ruler, rains have never failed, earth and trees<br />

have always yielded plenty, and living beings have had no taste of<br />

wasting diseases.’

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