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alapancavinsatiix

ttaix

hemanuscriptsxiv

viii

o otherversionsxviii

aladatta'sversionxxiii

ARATUS,ANDTRANSLATIONWITHCOM-

mukutamarriedPadmavatl14

mansrestoredtheirBeloved

debatedontheSinsofMen

Dhanadattatreated

e32

Vasumatllosther

Lord'sLife40

Brahmans46

escuedbyherThreeSuitors.. 50

arewardedSattvaslla54

angedtheHeadsofherHus-

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therPromisetoherLoverand

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sTeacherlostMagicPower...90

adThreeFathers94

she wasbeingSacrificed98

orLoveof eachother102

urrectedaTiger104

dintoaDead Boy'sBody106

faredwiththe Harlot108

edaBrideforSasideva124

edArimaulimani'sKingdom....132

vedtheNagasfromGaruda....138

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tta'sversionoftheVetalapancavinsati

tyofthe GraduateSchoolofYaleUniversity

eofDoctorof Philosophyin1931.Itis, I

toa largerworkontheVetalapancavinsati

tionsonthis collectionofstoriesin1929,

onsstill remainedunedited.Withtheaidof

wasable togetaccesstoall theavailable

atta'sversionandtomakethecollationsfor

tdutytoacknowledgehisindefatigable

cemanuscriptmaterialsatmydisposal.Not

anuscriptsenttome, butsearchwasmade

eonlyoneavailablethere,thatbelonging

llege,wascopiedformewith thepermission

unatethattheotherslistedin Aufrecht's

ereinprivatelibrariesandcouldnotbe traced.

alsoto theBodleianLibraryandtothe

raryforpermissiontohaverotographsmade

avedesignatedasOandW.Professor

theLibraryofColumbiaUniversityassisted

yofVidyasSgara'sedition.Theservicesof

tywereinvaluableinconnectionwith

ooks.TheClassicsDepartmentofYale

tsympathywithmyworkand,morespe-

ncialaidinprocuringthe rotographs,which

oftheUniversityLibrary.

titude tomyteacher,ProfessorEdgerton

erymanyand veryusefulsuggestionsand

hiseditioncouldnothavebeencompleted.

mustbemadeto theAmericanOriental

ofthistext andtotheeditors,especiallyto

wn,whosecriticismsandeditoriallaborshave

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alapancavin&ati

pancavinsatiarerecordedbythehistorians

ernitz,GeschichtederindischenLitteratur,

hemainfactsknownaboutthemintheyear

threehadbeenpublished.Uhlein 1881

dasa'sversion(S)onthebasis ofeleven

in1914(BSGW66)hepublished amanu-

chis muchearlierthananyofthe other

blishedtextsarethoseofSomadeva'sver-

Kathasaritsagara75-99,andofKsemendra's

thamafijari9.2.19-1221.Uhle's1884edi-

prose recastingofKsemendra'sversion.

s secondaryandcomparativelyunimportant.

hatattributedto Vallabhadasaisknownto

fadozenmanuscripts.Thetexttheygive

romthatof Sivadasa;andtheyshowno

gthemselveswhichwouldsetthemoffinany

nuscripts.Itisdoubtfulwhetherwehave

nuscriptsanythingmorethanasub-recension

eyareto bedignifiedwithevenasmuch

fifthversionisthat ofJambhaladatta,

edforthe firsttime.Thepublicationby

gara(Calcutta,1873)mustberegardedas

describedin our3.Acomparative

stillneeded,andI amatworkonthis atthe

tedition ofJambhaladatta'sversion,

thenotesto thetranslationofthemoreimpor-

stheyare presentedbySomadeva,Kse-

madeva'sandKsemendra'sversionshave

ct-matter;thelatterisshorterand balder

manyincidentswhichhaveonly minor

ofthestories.I havetreatedsomepointsin

oversionsin myarticle"Ksemendraas

124-143.

tta

mbhaladattaareveryfew.Sofaras we

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ommonnameofKubera,especiallyamong

Foucher,EtudesurI'iconographiebouddhique

3-127,and2(1905),pp.50-53,andA. K.

mithsonianMiscellaneousCollections,vol.

athewashimselfaBuddhistis extremely

ait(ifit isespeciallysuch)thathasbeen

tory19,Somadeva'sandKsemendra's20,

enceofthebody andthesamsara,istotally

sedcorrespondingstory17ofJ ambhaladatta.

ta'sversionSivaandSiva'sconsortplayas

o intheotherversions.Theopeningdedica-

namahsivaya)provenothing,sincetheyare

yists.Asomewhatmoresignificantpieceof

efoundinthe introductoryversesofdedica-

theMS.W1 representsarecensionofthe

herMSS.It hasthethirdintroductoryverse

ofHari.ThoughW'sverseis socorruptthat

ar,theverse isundoubtedlythesameas

ghtindeedbeassumedthat thisverse

etypalMS.laterthan Jambhaladatta'sown

ncewhichwouldgainsayitsbeingpartofthe

en,absolutelynoreasonforconsideringthat

dhist.

o Jambhaladatta'sversionas"jinistisch."

y&yika,Einl.156,and"SivadSsasVetalapanca-

estgabe,p.147.Inneitherplacedoeshe give

n,nor haveIbeenableto findthemelse-

ei,in hisarticle"6NovelleSoprannume-

ati"inArchivioperletradizionipopolari

ntranslatingour story22,renderspara-

oltoscrupolosoversolaLeggeereligioso,"with

Dharma)eilcomplessodeiprecettimorali,

onedelJina."Withoutstrongerreasonthan

Ihavebeenunableto findit),Icannot

ersionasJamisticnorJambhaladattaasaJain.

S.P,asgivenin theCatalogue(seeunder3),

andhivigrahika&rljambhaladatta.Thecopy

efor mehasforvigrahikaonlyvigrahaincom-

ndhivigrahikaisto beaccepted,asIfeel

hewordsamdhivigrahika,"ministerofpeace

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"ThatJambhaladattacouldhavebeena

snot atallimpossible,butit wouldbeidle

stohis circumstances.TheMSS.HOhave

0,VmerelyJambhaladatta.

rsesaysthatJambhaladattalearnedthe

hofs&ndhisrlvaradeva."SoHOread;Vhas

theCatalogue,hassrls&ndlv0,accordingto

owingthecluegivenbyP'scolophon,Iam

i,or betters&mdhi,isananomalousabbrevi-

s&mdhivigrahika,andissynonymouswith

ndhi,itwill benoticed,hasitslongvowel

useofthe metricalrequirementsoftheverse

spositionofsandhiandsrl.We arethenin

bhaladatta'sguruwasthe"foreignminister"

gendevanJimutav&hanaindeSanskrit-

rpretedthisphrasesandhisrlvaradevavaktraka-

outhof thegod-likeSrivara,"omitting

nnexionwithSrivarathehistorian.While

giveupthe opportunitytodateJambhala-

s,Ifeelthatthe parallelismbetweenthe

rseandin thecolophonistoocloseto allow

heversetostand.

sequentlycannotbeestablishedfromthe

saka 1774=1852-3A.D.Theother

eNepal MS.,issomewhatolderthanthe

he CambridgeUniversityLibrarywrites

toguess.thedatewith confidencewithout

erMSS.fromNepal,butthatit ishisimpres-

theMS.belongswithotherswhichBendall

ryA.D.Whilesucha dateisnotimpossible,

heMS. issoold. Ishallshow in3thatfor

e16thcenturyis theterminusantequem.

ateventhisNepal MS.doesnotgivea text

mbhaladatta'sown.Helivedthenatsome

century.

itatnothingmorecanbei nferredthanis

ace-namesinthestories agreeinlargepart

versions,andtheprobabilitiesarethatthey

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S.3108 (E4097).Nodate.Good,

per,first10leaveswhite,therest orange.

ered39throughtherepetitionof thenumbers

st tenfolios,7inthe rest;60aksaras.(The

rongconcerningsomeofthesedetails.)Well

orrectasregardsthetext itcontains.

dle,apparentlyoriginatinginthe archetype

numberedas18,whilestory18 ofPWand

ttedandthereisnostory numbered17.

ginningof24areomittedaltogether,andthe

chcontainsthelast lineofstory21is left

s&ndhi&njambhaladattaviracitakath&pi{he

S.Wilson 242c(Aufrecht,OxfordCata-

modernBengalihand.31folios,of

ngonepage,ismissing;10 lines,9onlyonlast

andclearlywritten.AcopyofH, withthe

emistakes,andsomefurthermistakesand

At thelonglacuna,includingstories22,23,

blankisleftin theMS.Finalcolophon

eofSanskritMSS. intheCalcuttaSanskrit

number144.TheMS.is writteninBengali

on,asgivenintheCatalogue,isitis&nd-

ttaviracitakath&pa{hepancavinsatitamovet&laka-

aptasc&'yarngranthah.sak&bd&1774

vinasyadvitlyadivasiy&lipiriyam.Thecopy,

ttacaryavyakaranatlrthasarman,isinDeva-

es,84inall, 8lines,about60aksaras.It isa

hetextisfairlycorrectwithnomajor

storiesinthelacunaePis theonlyMS.that

Phasalacunaof uncertainextent.The

nofthe MS.throughgranthah,withvigraha

2.

geAdd.MS.1655.No date.Bendall,

SanskritManuscriptsintheUniversityLibrary,

,saysthatinNepalpaper cameintogeneral

century.Thisperiodthen maybesetasthe

palm-leafportionof W.Onp.xxiiiheout-

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s,however,willnot establishaterminus

stylewas notuniversalinNepalatany

ectureofthe14thcentury(2)is therefore

portionofW isundoubtedlylaterthanthe

eto bethemodernoneofNepal.In

) thenameoftheauthoris given.125

eaf(except3,whichhasbeenreplacedby a

nd,and 28and55,whicharemissing inthe

na differenthand;5lines,4on lastpage.

eafsectionrunthewhole lengthofthefolio

s2, 3,and4are interruptedbytheholefor

hattotheleftof thecentreofthestrip,and

Thepaperportionhasno holes;about65

-leaffoliosarepartlyillegible becauseof

rlylegible,thesecondrather moresothan

er.Manyofthecharactersareambiguous,

reofthescriptof Nepal.Amongtheambig-

ationbetweenkf,jn,yy;betweenr,n, and

weenku andkt;andbetweenddhanddv.

sobetweenhyandhm;nd andnn;bhandt;

and wandvariouscombinationsofkfand

nsmaybedue toindividualhandsorto

kritinthescribes.The textisverycorrupt,

ness,constantlybadsamdhi,confusionbetween

derableinterchangebetweenletters,duein

etweenletterssuchasp andy,orbetween

dssuchaskhand?, inothercasesduemerely

etextisreadableor canbereconstructed

itdifferswidelyin languagefromtheother

tsofthestoriesseemonthe whole,however,

f theotherMSS.,thoughthereareoccasional

sorevenentirelydifferentversionsascom-

ven.Since theMS.asawholeis unusable,

edintheapparatusonlyfor theintroduction

yinpart;forthe propernamesvariantshave

hereWagreeswiththeother MSS.onthe

hasbeenmade.Majordifferencesfromthe

7 and8appearinthe reverseorder;adiffer-

)is inserted,withstories12and13 appear-

vely,andstories14and15 areomittedanda

4)isinserted.The corruptstateoftheMS.

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mpart ofthedifferentstory12.In thecon-

thereisno traceofthevetala'saccountofhis

rther4below.

andaVidyasagara,Calcutta,1873.

ooredition,basedapparentlyonsome

ontainsstories22and23and thebeginning

so relatedtoHOinsome ofitsreadings.

ependentlyofthem,omitsstory 18and

oriessothatthe numberingfollowing16is

ythevetalatellsonly24 storiesandthecon-

formsthe25thof theseriesasin theother

ollowsnow HO,nowP,butdepartsfrom

viousemendation,andinall casesprobably

eads:vet&lapancavinsatih.bieup&dhidh&-

garabha(t&cdryenasathkalito.kalik&t&r&jadh&n-

temudrit&im1873.Final colophon:Hibie

davidyasagarabha^acaryenasamkaUt&y&mjam-

pancavinsatipancavinsativetalakath&prabandhah.

hemanuscripts

deredtorepresenta Bengalirecensionof

tsanotherrecension,theNepali,whichis

recoverableunlessotherMSS.connectedwith

onshipbetweenthesetworecensionsand

inaltextof Jambhaladattacanbeworked

basisofthestoriescontainedin thevarious

onandtheKashmirianversions(SandK)

rtfrom theframe-storyandconsequently

heframe-storyasthe25th oftheseries,our

rsiongives25storiesas toldbythevetala,

y.PandW,the completeMSS.,showthis

chetypeofH, andof0also,represented

.Downto andincludingstory18,HOand

exceptforW'svariationsindicatedinthe

nHOgivethe storyfollowing16the

umber17entirely.In PWthisstoryis num-

byastorynumbered18whichis omittedby

MSS.agreeentirelyinstoriesand in

MSS.ofseparatetraditions,agreeon

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It seemslikelythatHO,ortheir arche-

ausethelacunaseenin Pwasalreadythere,

umbering.

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tementisbasedonthe divergentwaysin

educedthenumberofstoriesto agreement

tion.TheNepalirecensionomittedthetwo

18,Sivadasa's16and 17.TheBengali

nd,keptthesetwostories andomitted

nd14,Sivadasa's11and13, whichtheNepali

ngalirecensionIhaveattemptedtofind a

atterofthestories.Brhatkatha12describes

olivedinanunder-seaworldand tothisextent

hatkatha14employsthe"LaughandCry

ourstory20.Such arationalizationhowever

cannotexplainwhythesestorieswere

therthanotherstorieswhichshowedcentral

tedinthecollection.Moreoversucha

ppliedtotheomissionsofthe Nepalirecen-

dofelimination,thefactremainsthatthe

cedthenumberofthevetala'sstoriesto 25

her,andtheassumptionisjustifiedthat the

edthedisturbingnumberof27stories.

e"Ein BeitragzurKenntnisdesNevfirt,"

236,givesusan accountoftheNewSrl

avinsati.Heincludesatableofthecorre-

nthis versionwiththoseofJambhaladatta's

wit inV),Sivadasa'sversion,andUhle'sf

Ksemendra'sversion).Iincludethe data

mytableofthecorrespondencesofthestories.

sonaresignificant.TheNewariversionis

aladatta'sversion,foritcontainstwoofthe

It confirmsourinclusionofstory18in the

8,7,it agreeswiththeNepalirecension

rnames;see below).Oftheoriginalstock

atkatha12,Sivadasa11,asdoestheBengali

tory23 ithasBrhatkatha14,Sivadfisa13,

nhas,thoughina differentplace,butwhich

ts.Thusitgivesthe vetalaaltogether25

afurtherpieceof evidenceformyassump-

ofJambhaladattahad27stories.This

toaSanskritarchetypethathad 27stories

esisapproximatedmorecloselybythe

heBengali.Sinceit andtheNepalirecen-

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madeby comparisonofthestory-material.

intheconclusionofthe frame-storyalong

eprevioushistoryof himselfandthefalse

arallelsin HindufictionIamtreating

titled"AStoryof Vikrama'sBirthand

publishedinJAOS)&s&floatingelementof

owthatourversionisasomewhatdefective

story.TheNepalirecensionhas notraceof

wSrlversion.Theinferenceisthatthe

adattadidnothavethe story,butthatat

tionofthe tworecensionsthatofBengal

-legend.

hematterofthe interpolatedhistoryof

ensionrepresentsatraditionsomewhatless

aladattatextthandoesthe Nepalirecension.

seenwhenweexaminethepropernamesof

ze theNewSriversionofstories21 and22

dinthearticlereferredto above.Instory21

OPVeitherNidhipatidattaor Nidhipati

a;intheNewarlversionVidhidattaorNid-

btedlyreadNidhidattainbothplaceswhere

esarein HOPVKamasena,Vasavadatta,

tl;inWKamasena,Vasantasena,Vasava-

theNewariversionthesameas inW.His

tta,Manidatta,Kumaradatta,andKanaka-

rsionhaveSuvarnadattaforKumaradatta.

avati,inWandtheNewariversionMalatl.

he daughterofManidattainPV(HOomit

W,ofManikundasenaintheNewarlversion.

hat theNewarlversionisindependentinits

trecensions.Wemaythen saythat,

censionagreeonpropernamesasagainstthe

presentJambhaladatta'stextmoreclosely

nsion.

versionisnotavailablefortheremainder

minationofdivergentpropernamesinthose

he originalVetalapaiicavinsati,weshall

ewith theBrhatkathanames,whilethose

greewiththoseof nootherversion.Itwill

thesevariants;thenotesto thetranslation

xampleswillsuffice.Inthemyna'stalein

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atha,MahadhanainSivadasa.Instory5

aninHOPV,VisnusvamininWandthe

vadasa.Instory6theking isSudarsana

ndthe Brhatkatha,MahabalainSivadasa.

nsareinHOPVSrngaravatl,Mrgankavatl,

efirst tobenamedIndulekha,hernamein

parisonwiththenamesoftheindependent

anotherbitof evidenceforconsideringthe

ertothe originalJambhaladattatextthanis

have,then,allthemorecausefor regret

constitutionofatextof theNepalirecension.

eothermanuscriptofthis recensionmay

mmarisesourconclusionsabouttherela-

other:

engalirec.

18

reweretwo problems,thatofthestories

rder,andthatofthe verbalconstitutionofthe

discussedabovein4. Thetexthasper-

Bengalirecension;itsmake-uphasbeen

eMS.Pis theprimeauthorityforthesec-

cunaofHOandforstory18. Inthe

innowaysuperiorto HO;atsomepointsit

HO,at otherstheygiveabetterreading

necessarilythetexthashadto beacom-

nHO,nowonP. WhereneitherMS.was

ther,HOhavebeenfollowed,merelyfor

tbecausetheyareinanywaybetterthan P.

o otherversions

intyaboutthe sourcewhichourauthor

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raphreferredtoin 2saysthatKsemendra

closelyrelatedto someofJambhaladatta's

mayhaveusedbesidehismainsourcethe

ttaused.Ifso,thissourcecouldnotbe later

s,moreexactly,about1037A.D.,ifthis is

eBrhatkathamafijarl,followingLeVi,JA,

dser.8,t. 7[1886],218-219).Again,this

untila comparisonofallversionshasbeen

nedin2and 4,theplace-namesand

dattaagreeverycloselywiththoseofSoma-

eSivadSsa'sdifferwidelyfromallthree.

ionbetweentheKashmirianversionsand

sa'sandours.Ontheother hand,thedetails

dattadifferwidelyfromthoseofalltheother

reement,itis justaslikelyto bewith

mirianversions.Itmay benotedherethat

as attimescarelessinthe handlingofdetails.

sin thefinalstory,thatof themixedrela-

heveryimportantdetail,that thefather

heson themother.Detailswithoutwhich

efrequentlyomittedinthesolutionsof the

and16.Onthebasis ofpropernames,

aresttotheKashmirianversions,butcon-

he storiesleavesthatrelationshipstill

heVetalapaflcavinsatithatiswritten

ththe exceptionoftheshortprosesummary

n1.TheKashmirianversionsarein verse,

ndVallabhadasaareinprosewithlargeaddi-

ative,butmostlyof thekavyatypeor

theirsubject-matter.Jambhaladatta's

nofa fewsentences,strictlynarrative.As

ornatenessandisattimes monotonously

Attemptsatornamentwhichdoappearare

.Oneofthese,trailokyamohanly&krti,is

enayoungwomanhastobe characterized,

Thefirsttwosentencesin theintroductory

iptionofthe kingandshowtheusuallong

atedconceitsofnottoo skilfulkavyaprose.

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ngandend ofstories;theyaresporadicand

everse,9.2,is suspicioussinceitismade

sinimeterandtwoinmalini.Verse8.2 isa

ansapadaandthreeindravajrapadas,which

metricis aninadmissibleformoftheupajSti

lpadascontainingthesamenumberof syl-

ecorrectin theirmechanics,butotherwise

.Theyareallnarrativeverses.Oneverse,

d cannotbesatisfactorilyemended.Alist

etersfollows:story3,twoslokasatbeginning,

threeslokasatbeginning;story5,one sloka

atbeginning,atendonemalinl, andone

formof upajSticonsistingofalternate

jrapadas;story8,oneversein vansastha

end describedabove;story9,atbeginning

gofthreeindravajrapadasand oneupen-

ersedescribedabove.Therearealsofive

emetersareasfollows:twosardulavikrldita

ngofthreevaMasthapadasandone indra-

andaSloka.Noneofthesenineteenverses

exts.

onthewholegoodSanskrit.Jambhala-

ofthegrammarsbyhis useofseveralrare

ne4, heusesareduplicatedaoristadldapat,

terature,and onpage28,line5, ajljivat,

Theformajijnapatonpage 8,line3,is

2,line12, occursapaptatwhichWhitney

terature.

found.AmongthemaretwoSanskritized

mthePrakritstemlukk-,"tobehidden."

ymeansofa denominativeformation;the

ncethestem haspassivemeaning.

ePrakritstemcah-,"todesire,"andhas

ows:

arethelexicalwordcura,"theft."Both

\/cur,whichispostulatedfortheverb

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the spiritoftheyoginwho promptstheking

dplanstosacrificehim.Forthe meaning

gara,p.1402,s.v.t&lbaitala,renderedas

whichitis saidthatKingVikramaditya

nstantlyrenderhimcompleteservice."At

Pachlsl(ed.W.B.BarkerandE. B.East-

69;anded.D.Forbes,London,1857,p.140)

orpsesintoacauldronof oil,andthenthey

(Skt.inra"hero";infolkloredemons;see

olkloreofNorthernIndia,ed.R.E. Enthoven,

askhimhis wishandaretoldby himthat

verhecalls.InW.McCulloch,Bengali

a storyof"VikramadityaandhisBride,"

erviceinadenseforest wherehismagichorse

tedandcalledtomindTal andBetala,who

isten,TalandBetal,'saidhetothem.

klyas possible.'....TalandBetalhad

ssoonas theRajahadfinishedgivinghis

cCullochsays:"Sk.,vetala,which,

attakespossessionofa corpseThis

tory.'Tal'ismerelythelast halfofthe

ularimaginationhasfabricatedthenameof

mindebtedtoProf.W.Norman

2.12.Cf.thelexicalwordsduhsadhinand

tduh=dur=dvar,"door."

thephrasekrp&nenadvira{ikamkar-

etranslation"dealta sharpblowwithhis

ymerelyaguess.Conceivablythewordis

noise,crash(as anaxe)."Inthatcasethe

nechoingstrokewithhis sword."Butit

ewordis nottextuallysound.

tlya"runner,"i.e.somekindofan

evelopmentofmeaninginpari+ Vcar

gto findinthisword theelement&&sti,

ssitsmeaningas"bouncer"orthe like.

from*sastr-kathroughPrakrit*satthiya

thmistakenSanskritreformation.

andfinalcolophon.See2.

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cheGrammatik,3.200f,isseenat 18.26

erethefollowingkanyaik&maybetakenas

um&raika;130.7bha(a&ataika;134.16i>araika;

hofakaika.Asimilaridiomisseenat12.19,

casapta,forwhichseenote15totranslation

wsaconstructionofthe typevadatudeva,

o beeitherawrongreadingfor vadatudevah,

r vadatudeva.Thatthesecondalternative

e passage(42.6)whichhasdadatudeva.

xplanationbythe firstalternative,butsince

tedin themanuscriptsexceptinthesepas-

elevenundoubtedexamplesofthis type,I

tokeepthe manuscriptreadingsandto

taminationoftwotypesofphrase,vadadeva

mbinationof3rdpersonimperativewitha

eltasamore honorificmodeofaddressthan

stofthepassagesfollows:94.14,98.14,

adatudeva;24.14avalokayatudeva;42.6dadatu

100.8suguptedevatis^hatu;100.18ajn&payatu

yatudeva,tenai'v&'sm&bhihsthdtavyam.Three

catedbyvariantreadings:142.11,allMSS.read

ndstodevah(thispassagemight havebeen

ases);144.15&rabhatudevaisread byHO,

8ajn&payatuisthereadingof HOVwhichI

dingdevaordevah,whilePhasdeva.With

avocativeinthelastpassagemaybe com-

hatu,wherebhavatimustbeunderstood.

ybeentranslatedin previousworks,when

re."So,forexample,Burtonhasdone in

version oftheVetalapaficavinsati,which

erthe titleVikramandtheVampire,orTales

woterms arenotsynonymousisclear

malWesternideaofa vampireasaspirit-

ksthebloodofthe livinginorderto revitalize

insatithevet&laisa verydifferentbeing,

onwiththevampireis thatitis aspirit

equently,"vampire"isaratherunfortunate

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goblin."This wordinEnglishsignifies

ousspiritand doesnotimplythatthe spirit

voidstheblood-suckingimplicationsof

rbeingsnothumanhavegiventrouble.

by"ogre,"notthatthey areequivalent,but

etowardshumanbeingsasthatof therakfasa.

stivelyclassifiedspiritsanddemonsofIndia

esevenproximate,translation.Mytransla-

actness;ifthishasbeen achieved,theuser

ardon inmyEnglisha lackofliterarygrace,

elacking.

aladatta'sversion

et&lapancavin&ati,Calcutta,1873.See3.

numerarieallaVetalapancav^ati(Archivio

3[1894],pp.313-325,537-554):translation

evanJlmutav&hanainde Sanskritlilteratuur,

ofstory24.

ionenvonChaucersFrankeleynesTale

ngabefurWilhelmGeiger,1931,pp.89-107):

ahlungderVetalapantschavingati(Programm

genKreuzinDresden,]877):text,with

estoryof Jlmutavahana.Ihavebeen

on.

insati,Die25Erzahlungeneines Damons

cerLiteraturen,9terBand),Munchen,1924:

onoftheframe-story,pp.187-193.

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PARATUS

agiribhramyattaduccairava-

matpadabharalolatphanagroragam3

sarottungormimalacalac-

rasyabhavatamsuSreyase6tanda-

rucah7saubhagyagarvacchidah8

sudhapurve&varah9.sTtalah

ijagatamuccairdis:in InSriyarh11

asumukhah.kansadvisaste'sa-

adbhutamSubham14

tyagham

andita

mharim.16(3)

amalad"akarnyabhaktyaguror

rasampancadhikariivinsatim

racitamsvalpaksarairyuktakais

amevasujanabsrnvantukautu-

mastesravanakautukam

mkathaniadbhutavarnitSm.(5)

vaya.H

nayanamah.

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ENTARY

ofSiva beforyourgoodfortune,the

hemountainsthatmove1becauseoftheplay

s,whichterrifiestheworldthroughthe

chcausesthetopoftheserpent's hood2to

s movingfeet,whichmakesthemoon

ngleof tangledhairmoveinagarland of

granttoyouexceedinggoodfortune,

avorablyinclinedtograntsafetyto his

mtheinteriorofthe threeworlds,arebright

dethat comeswithprosperity,areincom-

s)ofnectarto theirtwoeyesslightlyopened

,3whichbringcalm(or,coolness)andremove

sof rebirthinthethree worlds.

fresplendentmind,possessescharming

wonderfulandfair,whosetwofeetremove

helearnedmenknowthethree worlds.

interest,becauseofthemarvelstherein

rthem,thetwenty-fiveveryenthrallingstories

striousJ ambhaladattaheardfromthelotus

ster,"theillustriousVaradeva,6andbecause

erwrotedownin afewwell-chosenwords.

desiretohear, readthiswonderfully

at,"asit3 Cf.theslightlyopenedeyesofmedi-

mountainstativefiguresinsculpture,

=Visnu.

anta,the* Mhas,besidesitsmeaningas a

dheadswhocommonnoun,themeaningof Laksml,

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patitilakonamavividhamanikundala-

alarhkarabhusitasarvasarironanasastrarthavid2

o8vividhendranllamarakatavajravaiduryama-

Shrtayaksadhirajavibhavo4nSnadigantaravar-

mgitavidyadharlbhir6udglyamanaklrtih.8pu-

darorajacakravartiSrlmanvikramakesari

tiranekasamantamatyaparivrtascaturuda-

amlrajarajesvaro'nirvacaniyamtadrajyasu-

nayannavatisthate.[tasya'dhikare

umupacakrame.8]

adiratnasamattatah.

.Wom.'P om.samglta.

hlya.

atna.W7PV raja.

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ceanemperorwhowassupremerulerof

ramakesarin,2called"theornamentof

ornedwithearringsmadeofvariousjewels,

dwithornamentsofall sorts.Hewasskilled

erentsciences,anoceanof thepearlsof

ehadassembledricheslikethoseof thegod

collectionofsapphires,emeralds,diamonds,

andthelikeingreat abundance.Hispraises

arisskilledin song4inmountainsandval-

onsoftheworld.He wasbeautifulinevery

ord, whowaslordoftheearth girdledby

ofkings,surroundedby manyvassalsand

tthetimeenjoyingtheineffablepleasuresof

la,desiringtheeightpowersofmagic,set

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terabhyuditebhagavatimaricimalinimu-

nlyopadhaukayitrpurusapramukhenasupraSas-

am11ekamksantisllo12namakapalikahpratya-

atonarapatistadadaya14suprasastam

halamidamabhinandyatasminnevaraja-

yati.ekadapurnesudvadasavargesu16tad-

rajntihkarakamalan17nipatyaprafiganebhag-

bhuva.tatonarapatirapi18tanmadhyad

ani28paficaratnanyavalokya21parampritim

ayekimetadaScaryam,madlyaratnabhanda-

'nvisyamananyetadrSaniratnaninadrsyante.

niyopanayakampapraccha:arepanlyopanS-

alamnityamevadadasi.tat26kutahprapnosi.

a,ksantisllahkapalikobhavatpritayepra-

alamdattvaprasthapayati.tatorajna

vaphalanisarvani27tanyanlyantam.tato

enarajapurusenabhandaragrhattanyeva

sakalaphalanibhanktva'nekaratnani

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lyat thehouroftheking's mouth-

hadrisen, anasceticnamedKsantiSila*

whoofferedthewatertothe kingtogive9the

ulbilva-fruit.Theking,whenhe had

ellentfruitwhichhereceivedat everydawn,

he custodyofthatsameroyalattendant

edayaftertwelveyearshadpassed,the

offeredbythatmanfellfromthe long's

ninpiecesin thecourtyard.Then,whenthe

elsrollingout ofitthiswayand that,10he

d:"Oh!whatmarvelisthis?In mytreasury

t foundthoughtheyhavebeendiligently

eflectedthus,in hisastonishmentheasked

-bearer,youalwaysgivethisdivinefruit.

hen hewasaskedthatquestionhe

KsantiSllatheasceticdailygivesadivine

dsitasa kindnesstoyou."Thentheking

uitswhichhavebeendepositedup tothis

eattendantreceivedtheking'scommand

osesamefruitsfromthe store-house.The

allthe fruits,sawmanyjewelsandsaid:

welsof greatpricearenotfoundat all.

ceorpa-house"than"treasury")formany

intisila.years,assumesthattheywerecocoa-

fieshimasnuts.He basesthisassumptionon

awhocarriesMS.aofS.,whichhas n&lihera,andon

e receptionV'sreadingvillaphala(story25,crit.

digambara.n.130),whichhe interprets"fruitwith

enbyWhit-ahole(villa) boredinit."ButV's

m.readingcannotbeanythingbut amis-

wmuchtimeprint;alltheMSS.have bilva,ashas

BothS. andV.itselfinthe introductorystory.

onejeweltoa'sreading likewisecannotbetrusted,

discoveredsinceotherS.MSS.(includingthe

allyseizedtheoldest)havemerelyphala.S.,asmen-

ent)addstionedabove,understandsthefruitto

wnthe fruit,beperishable,butdoesnotspecify

hroughantheir variety.Jambhaladatta'sunique

araandwhenbilvais undoubtedlysecondary.That

scommand,fruit,perishableorotherwise,should

awayandthebeputin astore-houseishardlyto be

etalapan-wonderedatinsuchmarvellousfiction;

roubledbythe totrytorationalizeis worsethan

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vaphaladatararhpurugamsampratyavalo-

soyadadiwtlidevaitinigadyabahirdvaram

adSya"gatyarajanarhvyajijnapat:deva,'2yo

kahsamanltodvarividyate.rajfio'ktam:33

rajadarsanatpramodarabhasarhsatnprapya

daksinapanimuttulya34"Mrvacanasataihpri-

kapaliko'bhihitah:bhohkapalika,kimar-

mbilvaphalavyajena'raulyaniratnSnyetani"

bhavatab.kimabhipsitamasti.tadvada.

aharaja,yadide&intariny36anugraho'sti

mcinnigadamitacchrnu."tato rajnS38

uramapasasara.tato'saukSpalikovadati:

apaliko'hammahayogl.tadimamprthvim

rtnim41kurvanomrtakasiddheruttarasadha-

vmarhpurusavisesamanvisyamano42nakutra

tyasakalagunasampannomahasattvo

dyadimadlyevacasisavadhanarhkaroti

asitamnivcdayami.rajno'ktam:sama-

tatsampadayisyami.SrutvSkapaliko

alasiddhisadhanayabhavantamanuvartayami.

manavacanambhavananglkarotitadamadlyS

nyatha.

rpatina'nglkaraparayanena'bhuyata.

yadibhavSnmamo"ttarasadhako44bhavati

isye.tadarthebhadrakrsnacaturdasyarh46

ayasthatavyam.tasmindivasepradosasamaye

renabhavatatatraSmasanayatanematsaml-

sminnevasamayesvabhimatavisesam

ye'ham.48srutvai'tad49rajno 'ktam:bha-

msadhaya.tatrai'va'hamgamisyami.

(tpra)dakfirMvartti.Ppra-

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ethemanwhogives thebilva-fruits."The

ajestycommands,"andwenttotheouter

tic.Whenhehad come,heinformedthe

sceticwhogivesthebilva-fruitshasbeen

."Thekingsaid:"Bringhimin."

beenbroughtin byhim,atthesight ofthe

eso thathishairstood uptoform,asit

ifting uphisrighthand headdressedthe

rwithhundredsof benedictions.Thenthe

Ohascetic,whyforalongperiodhavewe

epricelessjewelsinthe guiseofbilva-fruits?

oudesire."The asceticsaid:"Greatking,

saforeigner,then hearinprivateand

osay."Thentheretinue ataglancefrom

nce.Theasceticsaid:"King, Iaman

agreatyogi.Now,asI wentoverthiswhole

gitalwaysonmyright,11seekinganexcellent

led,tohelpme inamagicperformancewith

ere.Thenwhenat lastIcametothis

ery cleverman,endowedwithallgood

ntionto mywords,thenIshall make

gsaid:"Speak.Whatyoudesire,I shall

henhehad heardthis,theasceticsaid:

rattentionsothat Imayattainmagicpower

body.Ifyouassentto thewordsIutter,

becomegreat,andnototherwise."

eat man,theking,becamefirmlyresolved

o theking:"Ifyoubecomemyhelper,

power.Forthatpurpose,onthe fourteenth

monthBhadraImust takemyplaceinthe

atdayatevening,unseenbyanyotherper-

there inthecemetery.Thenatthatvery

be fulfilled.Imyselfshallexplainit to

hat,the kingsaid:"Sobeit. Go,accom-

rthvlm "Fortheconstructionofthephrase

nlmkurvario,nrpatina'nglkaraparayaTy^na'bhuyata,

n&myahku-seeSpeyer,VedischeundSanskrit-

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sye.ityuktvarajnavisarjitastadakapa-

60

krsnacaturdasyam62rajadvSrisamagatya

akenavijnapyamanorajadevanpitrnabhyar-

pradosasamayeparena63'nupalaksitobahir

caro"daksinasmasanamkapalikasamlpam

ika,66ahamSgato'smi.svabhima-

okya66harsotphullanayanorajanamprasa-

vamevaparamasattvikomahapurusabkrsiia-

icakravartlbhutvakrpanamatradvitlyo68

kareratraumatsamlpamSmasanayatanam

janmasamsare'smin.Srutvarajasavina-

a,bruhiyadabhimatam69bhavatah.Srava-

.kamebhitih.tadaksantisileno'ktam:

rtakasiddhih81sadhayitavya.tatrabhavata

havitaam.etenamamasiddhirbhavisyati.

avatamapisiddhirbhavisyati.

tam:kapalika,mamasiddhirbhavatuna

sadhaya.maySkimtekartavyamtadvada.

aharaja,ghargharataramginitlretaduttara-

arasakhayamlambamano'ksatomrtah

patayitvSbahumayabhasinamMskandhe

a66maunena68"gacchatubhavan.samSyate

apujopakaranaracitamandaletamsavam67

vidhayamahamantram68samjapyasiddhir

vatamabhimatamcabhavisyati.

aprakarenatatranaditlre gatvatadrsa-

janam72avalokyamahabhitimprSptavan.

pakfe.nOetat.

tahk.

ya.

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ometothatveryplaceandshall bring

power."Whenthekinghadspokenthus

eticwenttohis ownabode.

adcome,onthefourteenthdayof thedark

egateof thepalaceandthroughthemouth

he kingnotice.He,afterworshippingthe

dperformingthedaily rites,ateveningunseen

witha swordinhishandand cametothe

metery.Thekingsaid:"Ascetic,Ihave

"

yesopenedwidewith joywhenhesawthe

greatking!You onlyareatruly great

onthefourteenthdayofthe darkhalfofthe

uareuniversalemperor,yetaccompanied

omeby night,despitesuchdeepandterri-

e cemetery.Yourbirthcomestofruition

existence."Hearingthisthe kingsaidmod-

atyoudesire.IhavecomebecauseI wish

tobeafraid?"ThenKsantisllasaid:"Oh

magicrites bymeansofacorpse.In

er.TherebyIshallacquiremagicpower,

eenaccomplished,youalsowillacquire

"Ascetic,letmagicpowerbe mineornot,

do.Whatmust Idoforyou? Tellme."

tking,onthebankof theriverGharghara

esinsapa-treewhichisnorthofthe river

tilateddeadman(i.e.not burntascorpses

ownandwhenyouhaveput himonyour

manydeceitfulwords,bringhimquicklyand

havecome,thenherein acirclefurnished

tsofworship,whenI havewashedthecorpse

ndmuttereda greatincantation,Ishall

urdesirewillbe attained."

e kinginjustthat waywenttheretothe

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amyatadlyakarsanayayavatkararhprasara-

hsavastadagraSakhayarhgatvalalaga.tato

bravit:aretvam74mrtaka,kimarthamdurarh

amimamaruhyatvamahamavatarayisyami.

hityaSakhayahsakhantarampalayate.

yekaSakhayarhdhrtavan.tatorajasvairam

akrpanenadviratikarh76kartayitvataror

madat.78

vyajena'tyuccaiscakranda.79kicikicisab-

akuvadamrajanamavadlc81ca:bhorajan,

acaritam.yatomamevarhjivalokabahir-

rarhvijanavanataruSakhamatravalambmam82

amevamkadarthayasi.patanapldayame

o'vaca:bhomrtaka,na'sty atramama

avyata.makatarobhava.tvamaham

vayavadraja83tarohsakasadavalambya84

m86karamprasarayatitavanmrtakahpala-

gatvalagati.mrtako'yamanenaprakarena

ayati.tadarajavimrSya87tarumaruhya

tikam"kartayitvamrtakampatayitvatadu-

ah.90tado'ccaih91kranditammrtakamapi

ararhkapalikasamipamgantum92arabhata.93

alastanmaunabhangam94ciklrsurajanam

ya'hamniscitam96netavyastadadva-

athigamyate.tadagamanapariSramona

hamkathayami.tatramatimdehi.kim

sti.itivijnaya97tadbhafijanam98na"carati

andMNotin W.

vimrfya.

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to drawittowardshim,thecorpsewhich

entto thetopmostbranchofthattreeand

aughedand saidtothecorpse:"Listen,

yingto escapefaraway?See!Ishall

bringyoudown."Thenthecorpsethrough

mbtoanother.Asit moved,however,

asinglebranch.13Thentheking,whenhe

verycautiously,dealta sharpblow14with

e corpsefrombelowthetree.

ngpainfromthefall,cried veryloudly.It

ndaddressedthekingwithwordsof courteous

hatenmityhaveIshowntowardsyou?

xcludedfromtheworld ofmen,miserable,

gingonthelimb ofatreein asolitaryforest,

hustroubleme?Throughthepain offalling

eninpieces."Hearinghimthe kingreplied:

lt ofmineinthis matter.Thisisyour

allcertainlycarryyouoff."Whilethe

ownfromthe treeandputforthhis hand

he corpsefledandwenttothe topmost

g there.Thatcorpseinthisway troubled

henthekingafterreflectingclimbedthetree

topmostbranchasharpblowandhad made

andfell uponit.Then,thoughthecorpse

sshoulderandstarted togoquicklyto

n thebodyofthedead man,desiringto

idtohim: "Ohking!Ifyoumustcertainly

of uswillgoalongthe roadwithriddlesbased

eof thejourneywillnottroubleus. Your

y.Payattentiontoit.Butthere isaques-

standingit,youdonotsolve it,thenyouwill

absoluteit toEnglishidiom.Forsuchunclas-

,andsupplysicalcompoundswithnumeralsbelow

(loosesyntax;tenas finalmember,seeWackernagel,

nd10). AltindischeGrammatik,3,200f.For

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lbhavati.avijnaya"patakamna'sti.ity

anasl.2tatrapratapamukutonamaraja

isomaprabhanama.tasyamanenarajna

yahsamutpaditah.tasyavajramukutasya

eSvarasya4samdhivigrahikasyatanayobud-

itravarenasahananasastrabhyasamkur-

bhavankalamnayamanastasthau.

rammitram6adayahayavaramaruhya

a&Ldvanampravivesa.tatomrganvesana-

ajramukutobuddhisariramabravit:sakhe,

asnatvammaladikam7khaditvakgudhopa-

9bhavavab.ghotakavapipanlyampitva

1tatastatragatvasnanamacaryajalapanam

hakathalapamkurvanmrnaladikamkhadan

ma.12

3snatumekakanyatrailokyamohinisakhi-

vatl.tamalokyavajramukutomadanapldito

asyasaundaryamalokyakamasarahata

nadarsitavatl.nijasekharotpalad16ekam16

amkrtvadantahatamvidhayahrdayepad-

damsamapyasvasthanamyayau.

mukutammurchitamavalokyabuddhisariro

marahkathayati:ye'yamatrasnanar-

tinMSS.Vhas itand

sentencesomethinglikeitis necessary,

HOrtho.

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marriedPadmavatl15

u donotunderstandit,thereis nosin."

toldthestory:

KUTAMARRIEDPADMAVAT!1

hichisontheHeavenlyriver.2Therea

mukuta.3HischiefqueenwasnamedSoma-

ing asonnamedVajramukuta.6That

whowasdearto himashislife,Buddhisarlra,

eministerofpeaceand war.6Withthat

uallypassedthetime,studyingthevarious

nifoldpleasures.

ndBuddhisarlra,mountedonanexcellent

tto huntdeerforsport.Weariedat lastby

tedwithhungerand thirstVajramukutasaid

eethefinelake.WTienwehavebathed

esandsuchfoodand soappeasedourhunger,

etthehorsesalsodrink waterandbecome

re,performedhis ablutionsanddrunk

ra whileontheshoreof thelake,conversing

otus-fibresandsuchfood.

ofascinatedthethreeworlds,accompanied

,cametothatfinelaketo bathe.Seeingher

elmedbylove.Shetoo whenshesawVajra-

wasstruckbylove'sshaftandlet himsee

artifice.Havingdrawnalotusfromthe

eplacedit overherear,struckiton herteeth,

-lilyather heart.Whenshehadfinishedher

nthome.

hisarirasawthatVajramukutawasstupi-

tdoesthis mean?"Theprincetoldhim:

y,the * =Glory-crowned,

kingdoes4 =Havingthesplendorofthe moon,

rst, inS.Alsoin K.S.andS.do notmention

er.

S.agree' =Diamond-crowned,

cesofde-Buddhigarlra= theembodimentof

eason.In S.andS.hei ssaidtobe

uvrlhimantriputraandhisfather'sname

mpoundwithSagareSvara=lordofthe sea,is

mermem-omitted.

Grammar,7nija&ekharotpalamaymean"the

thelotuswhichwashergarland,i.e.her

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ranangrhitvagatavati'tivisannah1"sthitah.

:mitra,kataroma20bhava.sa'pikamapl-

yitvagatva"ste.21kumareno'ktam:kena

22idam.buddhisarirahkathayati:mitra,21

rhkarnetaya"krsyayadMarpitamtena

syarajakarnotpalaname26'tivijnapitam.tad

vihitamtenadantaghatasamdhivigrahikasya26

ekamhrdayesamaropyagata.tena'bhi-

heye27'tiprabodhitabkumarovadati:sakhe,

dhisarlrogatvatatravrddhadaslsthita

ai'va"vasasthanam28akarot.tayo'ktam

rthamva29'tra"gatau.tayaprstautavabhi-

avavamparyatanas!lavatra"yatau.30ayi

ametadrsl.tatkathyatam.tatahsarudati

mdhivigrahikasya81duhituhpadmavatyadha-

yasahakalaham32akarsam.tatah"padma-

4kimcinnadiyate.viSesataScaputrome

Tuistaiiikrtvapalayitah.etenamamabhak-

yuvayordharmasllayorakhilameva36kathi-

ridhanavastramdattvatabhyamuktam:ayi

kenadravyadikamanlyadehi.tavaposanam

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marriedPadmavatl17

hehas stolenmylifeandis gone."Sosay-

ncast.ThenBuddhisarirasaid:"Friend,

ealsowent awayafflictedbyloveaftershe

heprincesaid:"Bywhatmeanshaveyou

arlratoldhim:"Friend,whenshepluckeda

placedit overherear,8throughthatindica-

pala(=havinga lotusovertheear)of the

and).Sinceshestruckthelotusagainsther

aughterof Dantaghata(=ablowofthe

of peaceandwar.Furthermore,shewent

edawater-lilyat herheart.Bythatindica-

her nameisPadmavatl(=possessing

dbeenthusinformed,theprincesaid:

ickly."

netherewiththeprinceinthat place

nhemadeherwell-disposed,andlodgedin

aid:"Whoare youandwhyhaveyou

nedbyher,theyanswered:"Oldwoman,we

sposedtowander,wehave comehere.

this condition?Tellus."Thenshe

er ofthenurseof Padmavatl'whoisthe

heministerofpeaceandwar.I hada

reforePadmavatlisangryandgives me

that,my son,whoisaddictedtogambling,

naway.ThereforeIcannotgetanything

youtwovirtuousyouthseverything."

theygaveher anoutergarmentandsaid:

riegetfoodandothernecessariesandgive

admanifiedthatshelivedin Karnotpala's

successivelykingdom,thatshewasthedaughterof

eeth,at heradantaghataka,anivory-carver,named

citywaslaterin thetextSamgramavardhana,

rooked.thathernamewasPadmavatl,and

ntaghata=thatherheartwasthe prince's.K.

rherheartis asS.,exceptthatthedantaracana

gainedher isreplacedbycrushingbetweenthe

ntthather teeth.

parentlyaInS.the oldwomanisaparivrajika,

foot,andareligiousmendicant,whohasaccess

utpalaintoPadmavatl.InS. sheisanurse of

ntaracana,P.'sfather,impoverishedbyherson's

henput agambling.K.doesnotmentionthe son

d herhandandcallstheold womanagarbhadasi

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astayapraptavastrayadravyadikamanlya

ityamevavrddhatayohsevamacarati.

dabuddhisarireno'ktam:ayivrddhe,mama

admavatyahsthanarhgaccha.mamai'tad

mpratikopam38tyaksyati.39dravyadikam

rovaratlreyaukumarausamalokitautav40

atvatasyai41tad42dravyadikamadat.

tahpadmavatikopanvitasatikarpurena

hirangullbhir44ankitavatl.46tatovrddha

bhutvabuddhisarlrevrttantamnivedayamasa.

murchitaivabhumaunipapata.47buddhi-

mitramapiprabodhayati:48sakhe,kataro

9aste.savrddhavadanam60karpQrena

ankitavatitenajnapayati:62Sukladasami

saye63'ti.

yatetambulapuspam66dattvatasyahsthanam

rddhatasyaitambuladikam66dattvaraha-

hasatasyavadane'ngulitrayena67kunku-

sagrhamagatyatasyaScestam68tayoh

hisarirenatosenavacanamrtena"pyayita.

ryasiddhirnabhuta.buddhisarireno'ktam:

ayamasrnakunkumasahitamangulitrayam

rtukalatamjnapitavatl.

tenatenaprakarenatasyahsthanamsa

a61vrddhamavalokyasakhiradidesadauva-

varoddhum:esavrddhadasisataikenahanya-

r.

P&uklapak&peks0.Vpak9am

taii,om.apekfasva,om.th'.

syasth o.Pom.v.V

vrddhaya.

.

'figalitr.W'Agalitr.

.

.P om.

.

auv&r.Odautabhivarikam.


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marriedPadmsvatl19

rtyou."Thenshe,whenshehadreceived

soonand gaveittothem.So theoldwoman

mdueservice.

ndlytothem,oneday Buddhisarlrasaid:

dflowersfrommeandgo toPadmavatl's

the foodandtheotherthingsthat Isend,

towardsyou.Whenyouhavegivenher the

will say:'Thosetwoprinceswhomyousaw

vecomehere.'"Thentheoldwomanwent

otherthingsanddeliveredtheprivatemes-

grilymarkedtheoldwoman'sfacewith

ers.Theold womancamehomeunhappy

hisarlra.Whenhehadheardthat,Vajra-

s ifinsensible.WhenBuddhisarlrahad

informedhisfriendalso: "Friend,donotbe

ours.Whenshemarkedtheoldwoman's

rtenfingers,therebysheinformedus: 'This

thalfof themonth.10Waitduringthe

me,by theoldwomanhesentbetel and

d womangaveherthebetelandother

vatemessage.ThenangrilyPadmSvat!put

hreefingers.Weepingshe returnedhome

admavatlhaddone.ThereuponBuddhi-

tmentbythe ambrosiaofhiswords.The

esshasnotcome."Buddhisarirareplied:

efingerscoveredwithsoftsaffronon the

ysheinformedusthattodayis thetimeof

gone,withthe samegiftsasbeforeshewas

.Padmavatl,whenshesawtheoldwoman,

ionsandto thedoorkeepertoclosethegate.

whitemarku S.alsohasl;iinl.-uin,saffron.S.

S.hasin- saysthatthefingersweres&laktaka,

daandcon-"dyedwithredlac."This partofthe

andanaissign-languageisbasedontheformal

tofcandra=connectionfeltbetweenrajas,"men-

wordasstruation"andtherootr aj,"tored-

interpretden."Theotherversions,exceptK.,

the remain-makeitexplicitthatadelayof three

rtnightmustdayswasnecessaryuntilher purifica-

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kavrksaprade&epracirasyo'ttaravartmana63

ti.Msavrddhatabhistenai'vamatena"

atyayuvarajayorahasyamnigaditavatl.

rute:padmavatyabhavato67gamanartharh

adadyatayasahatavakridabhavisyati.

hapitovajramukutovrddhanihsaranabhivyak-

atyapadmavatyasamamasesasukham68

ya69gunagramariibuddhisarlrenityamagatya

ktam:pranesvara,divasekvagatas70tis-

kumareno'ktam:mamapranesvarasakha71

acchrutvatayapapakarinyamanase'ti

stimamapranesvaramadayasvadesam

yavirahekathamjivayisyami.tatastam

tomahata"darenavisasahitadravyambud-

tl.buddhisariromatiman74dravyamava-

trayajnapayamasa:mitra,atrasthatumida-

eno'ktam:kathametadvada.77mitra,

m78avalokaya.79tatovicaryatadbhaksana-

mrtamavalokyavajramukutobrute:mitra,

vadeso81gantavyah.buddhisarirobrute:

tobhavatsu82strivadhahetuh.tasmadbud-

avya.kumareno'ktam:kathametatsambha-

yamkarisyami.

rajnahsisuhsundarodakinyakhaditah.

buddhisarlrovajramukutamabravit:sakhe,

avatyasamamasesakridamkrtvatasyarh

bharanamadayalauhasalakayataddaksinorau

mlpamagamisyasl'ti.ahamsmasanamgatva

akti.

adam,uktamyatom.

ya.

ya.

antum,om.ekam.

Osvade&e.

bhavatstr.Vbhavanstrwa-

akibhavifyati.

r&nasakha.*3Psvade&am.

no.Vteno.

mana.MHOom.

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marriedPadmavatl21

bebeatenwith ahundredblows.12Send

hofthewallnear thealoka-treeinthegar-

manforthaccordingtothose veryinstruc-

gavethe twoprincestheprivatemessage.

uddhisarirasaid:"PadmSvatibyartifice

come.Sotodayyoushallsportamorously

amukutahadbeensentbyBuddhisarira

thindicatedbytheexpulsionofthe old

oyedallpleasureswithPadmavatl.13Onhis

hisariraofher manyfinequalities.

Lordofmylife,in thedaytimewheredo

ertothattheprincesaid: "WhereBuddhi-

thelordof mylife."Hearingthat,thatvil-

usinhermind: "Ifheisa wiseman,hewill

mylifeandwill gotohis owncountry.Then

fromhim?SoIshall killhimandthenpass

enwith greatshowofrespectshesentto

od.Buddhisarira,beingwise,whenhelooked

formedhisfriend:"Friend,itis notprofit-

eprince said:"Howisthat?Tellme."

edfood."Thenwhenhehad considered

die merelybyeatingit,Vajramukutasaid:

ostwickedwomanandgo toourown

plied:"Friend,shemustnotbekilled,since

omanwouldattachto you.Thereforeby

oourcountry."Theprincesaid:"Howcan

ed:"Ishall inventaplan."

otpala'sbeautifulson waseatenbya

ainedtheopportunityforhisstratagem,

mukuta:"Friend,whenyouhavegonetoday

swithPadmavatl,aftershehas goneto

nts,makethreemarksonher rightthigh

mentandcometo me.Ishallgo tothe

. W,thefoodistried onadog.In S.

oundandthe sendingoffoodtakesplaceafterone

te.InS. nightofpleasure.

ntoutbya "A(fakiniisdennedasa femalespirit

elephanthadinKall's train,whoeatshumanflesh,

dedac-In S.theeatingofthe king'ssonis

lovers.omitted.InS.itis merelythedeath

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ami.89ity90uktvabuddhisarirodhusturadikena

prakarenavajramukutamprasthapitavan.

msamacaritavan.vajramukutastatragatva

usturadikaracitamodakamtambhaksayita-

bhayamnidramgatavati.atra'vasare

atasyadaksinoraurekhatrayamdattva

ddhisarlrasamlpamsamagatah.

dhamsamprapyavajramukutahmamsay-

mvilapantlsarvalamkarahinakathamapi

bravit:tata,mamasarvalamkarascaurena

ahiko92'pirajanamjnapayamasa.tato98

sadhum94adidesa.

hisarirovajramukutamabravit:sakhe,

a96'lamkaramvikrinatubhavan.tatascau-

rsati.tadavadisyasi:97na'hamcaurah.

vikrayamacarami.yadimadvacanesarhpra-

vasinamyoginamupagamyapratisamdha-

'nglkarotitadasamucitamphalamdas-

amatsamlpamagamisyasi.100bhavati

ayatasyo'ttaramdatavyam.

varnavaniggrhamgatavantamalamkaram

amkurvanovajramukutamdhrtavan.ayam

dhu103rajanamjnapayamasa:deva,padma-

metas104cauro'yampraptah.rajaca106tasya

6athavajramukutovadati:107deva,na'ham

lamkaravikrayamkaromi.sa109yogismn-

dh&ri^o.y&yaprerito' hamtadvakyamacarami.

mbhavatafordasyasi.

ough sam-I00Pagantavyam.

only:tato1C1HOsamlpagate.Vsamlpagate.

acaritavan.1MHOVfortatastokrti'fl2 lines

.below:tatovajramuku(amsvarvakara-

haya.vlthikay&malamkaravikriyam&fiam(O

&yamalamk&ra.HOvikra-

vas 'piyamariam)vidhrtya.Pastext,but

payamasa.reads'stifor'si2 linesbelow.

arambhe^a.1MPsadhuh.Vnagarapalo.

ikah.V14Palamkaras.

.

hsadhuma.

karamv.107Pbrute.

nomahapurusasyaalam-

yasarva-karamvikrayamkaromi.

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marriedPadmavatl23

essofan ascetic."Whenhehadsaidthis,

etmeatofthorn-applesandthelikeandin the

ukutaoff.Vajramukutathencarriedoutall

e there,ashesportedamorouslyinvarious

sweetmeatpreparedwiththorn-appleand

hehadeatenit,she wenttosleepwithout

jramukutamadethreemarksonherright

mentandwhenhe hadtakenallherorna-

arlra.

dawakenedandsawthatVajramukutawas

ingmuch,bereftofall herornaments,she

euntilmorning,andthensaid toherfather:

havebeentakentodaybya thief."The

heninformedthe king.Thereupontheking

eper17tosearchforthethief.

rlrasaidto Vajramukuta:"Friend,goto

d selltheornaments.Thensomeonewill

est you.Youshallsay:'I amnotathief,

entswhichbelongtoanascetic.Ifyou do

eascetic,wholivesinthe cemetery,and

not confirmthis,thenyoumaygiveme

Whenyouhavesaidthatyou shallcometo

vecometo me,Ishallgivehim ananswer."

adgonetothehouseof agoldsmithaccord-

wassellingtheornaments,themanwhowas

stedhim.Thedoor-keepersaid:"Youare

king:"Yourmajesty,this thiefhasbeen

ornaments."Thekinggaveorderstocut

kutasaid:"Yourmajesty,Iamnot a

mentswhichbelongtoanascetic.The

epby drink;"OnduhsadhuseeIntro.8. The

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na'paradhena111mayihatesati112bhavato

atirajyanaSasca.113kimtumadvacanam114

sinarhyoginamprccha.116samyadyetanna

amdasyasi.117

yasayogiprstobrute:deva,mamai'va

mayarhmayaprayatnena1"prasthapitah.

mahopadmavatyabharanamidariibhavata

deva,mayy121atra'vasthitekr$nacaturdaSl-

bhusitamrtanrpabalakakrtasanakanyarupa-

vesadhariny123alarhkaramSmasanesthapa-

nthanarhvahati.tamnrpasisuputrakhadinlm126

7daksinorau128rekhatrayamcihnamdattva

ya"nitam.129tatkasya180"bharanamidam.

ayamavalokayatudeva.

madhigatatattvoraja131putramaranabhiroge

itya132hantumudyato'bhavat.tatoyogi

vanmahamaho133strivadharhna134karisyali.

ya136mayajnatam.asyahpapisthayahSoni-

vatitatra'cirenai'va'kalyanambhavati.tato

137nirvasyatamiti.tatahsarajayogino

admavatlmadayayuvarajadayahsvadeSam

vatyahSokenasariidhivigrahikodantaghatah

at.

ve&a.

apya.

mrtasthlnivahantldrs(&.

sreadsarhdhanartiforpan-

etitma&inamthanam.

m.&i&u.

a.

yaformaya.V parihr-

nlya.Pfortam form "n.

arhsrutvavi-"'Pyasya&bh.

gatvayoginam1"HOraja,

sayogi1M PVniscltya.

hapatakamulam.

ormaya."4P om.no.Vmakarotviti.

PVmaya-"'Psonitamasupatam.Vsonita-

mkrfnay&m137HOpra[tl]tyaranye.Ppratltya

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marriedPadmavatl25

Butif Iamslainwithouthavingsinned,

yourkingdomwillcomeuponyou.Askthe

emeterywhethermywordsaretrue ornot.

rmthis, thengivemethepunishmentof

ghtatthe king'scommandandwhenques-

sty,thispropertyismineand noother's.I

tosell it."Hearingthatthekingsaid:

inedtheseornamentsofPadmavatl's?"The

esty,whileIwasstayinghere,onthe night

e darkhalfofthemontha girlendowedwith

dasadakinl andadornedwithallsortsof

ealofthedead sonofthekingand having

the cemetery,wascarryingliquorinhis

ing theking'syoungson,I madeamark

htthighwitha metalspikeandtookallher

hosearetheseornaments?Lookonher20

ches."

ut thetruestateofaffairs fromthe

ngerathisson'sdeath,becausehe believed

ni,hedeterminedtokill her.21Thenthe

re,your mostmightymajestywillnotkill

wbytheinsightI havegainedthrough

bloodandtearsof thisverywickedwoman

isasterwillcome.Solet yourmajestybe

theforest."Thenthe kingcarriedoutthe

princeandhispartythentookPadmavatl

ntry.ThroughgriefforPadmSvatlthe

Dantaghata,andhiswifedied.

inthethetof KalI,butnonesuggestsitself,

nstr.sub-" kasyaisanindefinitemasculine,

(o,e.g.duh-resumedbythe femininetasyah.For

hesentenceavalokayatudeva,seeIntro8.

V'sread-"In S.andS.theascetic'sstoryis

ed,isproba-broughtto thekingthroughaninter-

ediaryandthekingthen consultsthe

rfromcon-asceticonafitting punishmentforPad-

liiinnth,"amavatl.InK.theasceticsummons

or)."mos-thekingto himtohearthestory.The

carriedthekingbanishesthegirlof hisownaccord,

oredthe S.andS.speakofa bandofyoginls

uldbe(= dakini),ofwhomP.isone;K. ofa

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asyavadhah138kutrabhavisyati.139raja

myagvicaranayatasyasapatnlkasya140

havati.nrpatavitivadinisavetalahsinsa-

prabandhah.

etalahkathamaparamkathayati:

uranamadheyamnagaram.tatra'gnisvami

sati.tasyamandaravatl2namakanyavid-

rlmavalokyatrayobrahmanakumarastasyah

vaminamabhyarthayanti.3agnisvamino

dhanavantomahakulaprasutavikhyatavlrya

kasmaideye'ti.ekeno'ktam:mahyam

ktam:yadi'yamekasmaikanyadiyatetada

htyaksyatah.6tadabhavatovadhabhagita

hmavadhabhayatkasmaicidbrahmanaya

andaravatl8paralokamagat.atha9tas-

manastaccitabhasmananijadehamvilipya

rldesantararhgatar;.aparobrahmanas

natlrthamjagama.aparobrahmanastasyaS

11tatrai'vaparihrtasukhastasthau.atha

ramyanrudrasarmanobrahmanasyagrham

yavadhah.

ati.

e,twiceas

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oredtheirBelovedtoLife27

ststheguiltof hisdeathandhiswife's?"

in.Becauseofhislackof carefulcon-

man's deathandhiswife'srestson king

gsaidthis,thegoblin hungagainonthe

egoblin.

AHMANSRESTOREDTHEIRBELOVEDTOLIFE1

ng carriedoffagain,hetoldanotherstory:

ditherewasacitycalledBrahmapura.2

gnisvamin3dwelt.Hehadadaughternamed

,thebeautyofthethreeworlds,threebrah-

ofmarryingherand askedAgnisvaminfor

possessedofbeautyandwealth,areof

manlyqualities.Towhichshall Igivemy

"Letherbegivento me."Anothersaid:

he othertwoyoungbrahmanswilldie.

f murder."AndAgnisvaminthroughfear

vehertononeof thebrahmans.

willedit,Mandaravatldied.6Whenshe

e brahmanssmearedhisbodywithashes

wearinghishairtwisted upandthebark

auseofhisgrief wenttoanothercountry.The

bonesandwenttovarious placesofpilgrimage

theotherworld).Theotherbrahmanmade

herfuneral-pyreandabandoningpleasures

Thenthebrahmanwhowore hishairas

d,cametothehouseof abrahmannamed

oneratedalsoinK.'sMSS.;theed.has Brahma-

hismaster'ssena),anddescribedas atractgivento

dPadma-brahmans(agrahara).InS.itiscalled

esponsibleDharmasthala,ruledoverbyking

kingwasGunadhipa.

flection* =WhoselordisAgni.In S.heis

wledgeofpo-calledKeSava.

wasgoing4 -Richincoral,

esessen-'InS. shediesofa fever,inK.

rueltyoffate.InS.she

hesameasis bittenbyacobra,andthe oppor-

yis takentoinserteightverses

forthedescribingthesymptomsofsnake-bite

mentionandthe inauspiciousdaysforsuchan

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drasarmana13brahman!nigadita:brahmani,

nnamdehi.tatorandhanasamayebrahma-

naupraksiptab.tamsiSurhmrtamavalokya

antumudyato'bhavat.tamgacchantam

ddhimantrena16tamputramajijivat.tamput-

acchanjatadharahsamanitah.tatojatadharo

m18apahrtya19mandaravatlcitasthanam20

he'sthisnapayitvatatrai'vS'vagatah.22

'va"ste.athadvayohsthanadbhasmas-

sthnaca24mandaravatlm26murtimayirh26

tadharastamjivitavan.27tampraptajiva-

ahpanigrahanaciklrgavo'nyonyamkala-

asyah30patirdharmarthatahkobhavati.

harmamvicintyatasyasarhdehacchedam

a.mantravanbrahmanastasyahpita

snapakastlrthaputo'syahputrobhavati

abhasmaraksakastasyahpatirbhavaty

vadinivetalahsinsapavrksepunarlalaga.

bandhah.

adapadavatarya2tam

yaSmasanarhpunarayayau.(1)

unapahpunarabravit

kasarikayohkatham.(2)

maiy.1nigadit&MPmurtimatim.

Vrudra&ar-"MSS.andVjtvayitavan.

maibrahma-"Psarvepyasy&h.

ma^&ya."Pkalahayate.HOkalahayanUim.

PVtasyah.

vat.Hsraslatvat.0

sraf{amtvat.

p.Vsam-1 Pnrpcpocasatv ....&mas&nam

corrupt:nipopisat-

apadapadavatl[r]yaca,punah

hesamaropyakunapampratyavat.

arya.Opadavatarya.

nam.Pnayantamca

niyamanomahip&lo

om.bh.kunapapunahmabravlt,kathayamisrnu

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9

ood.Rudrasarmansaidtohiswife:"Wife,

hman."Whilethecookingwasgoingon,

ndhiswife threwhimintothefire.When

asceticleftthefoodandstartedto goaway.

armanwithamagicincantationbroughtthe

boytotheasceticandbroughthim back

nthe ascetic,whenhehadeatenfood,stole

armandcametoMandaravatl'sfuneral-

enhehadwashedthe bonesatvarious

etothatsameplace.Theother whowas

he spot.Thentheascetictooktheashes

er twoandwiththeashesand thebones

yformandbymeansof thespellfromthe

hen theysawherrestoredtolife, all

quarrelledwithoneanother.

ng.Whoisher husbandaccordingto

desiredto besilent,thekingconsidered

olvethequestionsaid:"Listen,goblin.The

hecharmisherfather,becausehecreatedher.

onesand waspurifiedatplacesofpilgrimage

devotiontoherwhenshewasin theother

edthepyreand ashesisherhusband,because

kingsaidthis,thegoblin hungagainonthe

f thegoblin.

DSDEBATEDONTHESINS orMENAND

dwhenhe hadfetchedhimdownfrom

onhisshoulderandwent againtowardthe

dalong,thecorpseagainsaidjoyfullyto

s,the storyoftheparrotand themyna."

henamelifewithher.He isherbrotherin the

eninthesolution,forhe wasborn,asit were,

bandbe-1Inthe otherversions,exceptK.,the

eryembracingintroductionleadingupto themyna's

and.K.saysstoryisshorter,though essentiallythe

rashesis hersame.K.andourversionagree fairly

fferentwell inthelengthanddetails ofthe

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akalamahimandalalamkarabhusitampata-

rasakalagunasampannovikramakesarlraja

inamatasyaputro'bhavat.satu sakala-

armikorajalaksanaksamoyuvarajah.tasya

paradarsibhutabhavisyadvartamanakalatri-

dhanahpafijarasthahkrldasukastasthau.

sarisayanagarerahasiviSrambhakathakeli-

papraccha:bhohsuka,vidagdhasutas7tvam

bhavisyatiyayasahakridanirbharasurata-

nnegyami.Irutva8Sukeno'ktam:yuvaraja,

avalokasyarajnahsutacandraprabhanamnl

yati.tayarupayauvanasampannayasaha

riibhogasukhamanubhuyajanmasaphalam11

syas12candraprabhayahkrldaparasau-

nasampannasarikai'kavidyate.sa'pitathai

bhasinl.14ataevanigadyate:anurupasamyo-

aracitam,16yathasatathasarika.16ityuktva

hatanayamagadhesvarah17parakramakeSa-

henapradat.yuvarajastamsvadese18sama-

dinamrajacarcamvidhayaratraupriyata-

mam19suratasambhogenakalamnayannava-

asukoyatrasayanagaresuvarnapafijarastho

amaylsarikavidagdhacandraprabhaya

rabhayasahasuratasambhogambhuktva20

atau.etasminsamayesukenasarikaprokta:

om.t r.Pviracitam.

me."HOMr.

astv.17HOmagadh.Ptarncandrapra-

poro0vivahenaetc.

nlya.

hyuvarajascandra-

prabhaya,4linesdown.

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1

acitynamedPataliputra,2adornedwithall

ecircleofthe world.ThereakingVikrama-

thallgoodqualities.Hisson wascalled

rincewaspossessedofall thearts,wise,

ehe boretheauspiciousmarksofaking.

otinacage,Vidagdhabyname,4whoknew

dhadaknowledgeofthe threetimes,past,

ayParakramakesarininhisbed-chamber

nversation,amusement,andlaughter,

"Ohparrot,youarethe sonofacleverone.

owillbemy belovedwithwhomIshall

he pleasuresoflovewiththefull accompani-

earingthattheparrot said:"Candra-

ngCandravaloka,lordofMagadha,6willbe

withher,whohasyouthand beauty,all

ve,youwill makeyourlifefruitful.Butthis

en-mynacalledSaudharmika,6endowedwith

wiseis youngandspeakswithasweetvoice.

aid:'Thusthecreatorof allthings,whois

nces,hasbroughtitabout.As sheis,sois

saidthis,hewassilent.

eworkingoutoffatethe lordofMagadha

akramakesarininmarriage.Theprince

untryandaccordingtohisfather'sinstructions

ationsofa kingwhileatnighthe passed

oflovewithhisvery dearCandraprabha.In

-chamberwheretheprince'spetparrotwas

draprabhakeptherclevergoldenmyna.

adenjoyedthe pleasuresoflovewith

tiguethehusbandandwifefellasleep.Then

edBhagl-cudamani=pearlofcleverones.K.

mentioned,hasno name,butoncecallshimcui/d-

andthecitymmiividagdhanam.

reeswiththis versioninthe

oninthenames.InS. sheisofthe royalfamily

makega-ofMagadhaandherfather's nameis

ed.Thereis notgiven.Hernameisequivalentto

keSarin,aSomaprabhainstory1.InS. sheis

ngtoVikra-Surasundarl,daughterofMagadheS-

onlyis varaofMagadha.

sena.'=Shewhoisupright.In S.So-

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m.21srutva22sarikasukamabhyadhavata:M

kathinahrdayah.sarvathapurugasamagamo

vamvadasi.srutvai'tacchukahkrodhaparo

6idamvadasi.ahamitijanami,striyah

rvathastrlnamsangonavidhih.27ityanyon-

gara.29sukamprcchati:suka,kimbrue.

rikavacanamcakathitavan:yuvaraja,bhavan

cchedariikarotu.tada30parakramakesari

hi.kenakrtaghnahpurusah.sarika32savi-

varaja,yenakrtaghnahpurusah.

nama34nagarlsamasit.tasyam36mahadha-

ijammukhyatamogandhadattonamavanik

anadatto'bhut.sarvasvarii36piturdyutena

akarot.tatahsadhanadattaitastatah

apuranivasinodayayuktasyahiranyaguptasya

vidhamavalokyasatam38papraccha:ko

ato59'si.prstovrttantamakhilameva

vatena'putrenahiranyaguptenaratnavatl

ahenadatta.tatratayasamam42asaudhana-

yabhafata.

me rocante.

ekadhana-

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a:"Dearmyna,givemethefavorof your

naflewatthe parrot:"Oh!malesare

ed.Unionwithamalealtogetherdispleases

way?"In answertheparrotsaidangrily:

usaythis?I knowthis,thatwomenare

d.Intercoursewithwomenisaltogether

le theythusquarrelledwithoneanother,

edthe parrot:"Parrot,whatareyou

mwhathe andthemynahadsaid:"Prince,

isquestion."ThenParakramakesarinsaid:

alesungrateful?"Themynatoldastory

whymalesare ungrateful."

wDHANADATTATREATEDRATNAVAT!

rewasa towncalledMadayantl.8Init

medGandhadatta,whopossessedgreat

fall themerchants.HehadasonDhana-

hisfather'spropertyby gamblingand

10AsDhanadattawanderedhereandthere,

acompassionateman,Hiranyagupta,who

Whenhesawhiminsuch astateheasked

aveyoucomehere?"Thus questioned

y.Whenhehadheardthat,Hiranyagupta,

daughterRatnavatitohiminmarriage.12

swifewere'In W.andS.thefather isArtha-

omanwhowasdatta,in6.Mahadhana.Forthe son's

ayasthewifenamein S.seenote7.Gandhadatta

femanaged=fragrance-given.Dhanadatta=

datale ofawealth-given.

dher husband10Icanfind noparallelforthephrase

s returnde&antaramakarot.Itrecursagainat

beforeleav-76.3,andat 118.20inPV,whileHO,

anaksayawhichIhavefollowedinthetext,read

namemored agamat.

,but,since"Theed.of K.hasHiranyagupta,

oubtedlytheMSS.Hiranyadatta.InS.andS.

orehelosesheis notnamed;inS.helives inPunya-

ifetravelvardhana.Hiranyagupta=gold-hid-

andsether den.Candanapura=sandalwood-

sayaseestown.

stohowshe '''Ratnavatl=possessinggems,

ekillsher.Theed. ofK.andoneMS. haveRat-

ng.Innavatl;theother MSS.donotname

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bhavanstisthati.athakiyatikalegate

fiapayasvadesariigacchami.Srutvai"'tatsa

dharatnanidasidvayamdattvaduhitaram

tavinastasarvasvoratnavatyasalamkaraya

natavimpravivesa.tatrakupamekamasadya

rvalamkaramadayasapapistho'bhilasita-

oratnavatlparamayuvasatkathamapijivi-

tyau.anantaramvidhivasadbahavo'dhva-

lpamagatyatamalokyavismitabpapracchuh.

sllah,asminnaranyecaurenamama"bhara-

tyagatam.46tadbhayanmepatihkutragata

mcandanapuramprapaya.te'pi47sarve

rtham48gacchanti.etena'dhikasnehenasa

ptastathavidharhduhitaramavalokya

tat.prstasa60sadhvi caurasyadosam

akasyabhartuh.tataLtpitayeratnavatlm

esatambulavastranidattvapresayamasa.

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datto'paradhanapaharanasllahpunar

kya62hiranyaguptohrstobabhuva.ityeva

rtadoso'yampapisthomahantrasto'bhut.

ra,tvam64asankobhava.mayapraptajl-

atobhartuh66kasciddosona'bhihitahkim

manltatvamevadhyayantltisthami.

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ah68palayitah.tatahsaratnavatldhana-

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dwithhermanifoldpleasures.Whenashort

hisfather-in-law:"Father,givemeleave.

"Whenhehadheardthat,Hiranyagupta

femaleservantsandsenthis daughteroff.

wasgoing tohisowncountrywithRatnavati

enseforest.Then whenhehadcomeupon

devotedwifeandtookallherjewels,and the

ged-forcountry.Ratnavatithroughthe

t13somehowremainedalive.Hercom-

bythepoweroffatea numberoftravellers

hewell andwhentheysawherwereaston-

Shereplied:"Piousfathers,in thisforest

struckmedownandwentaway.Through

s runaway,Iknownotwhere.Therefore

"TheywerealjgoingtoCandanapurato

ttendernesstheytookherthere.Hiranya-

ughterin suchastate,wasastonishedand

sthismean?"Whenshewasquestioned,

asthecrimeof arobberandnotof herevil

avebetelandgarmentsin goodlymeasure

ghtRatnavatianddismissedthem.And

nuallypininggreatlyforherhusband.

tta,benton stealingyetmoremoney,

awasgladwhenhesawthathehad arrived.

tnavatithatgreatvillainbecauseofthe crime

rified.Ratnavatisaid:"Lordofmylife,be

gainedmy life,Ididnot saybeforemy

n donebyyou,myhusband,butthatit had

ghthere bytravellers,Ihavebeencon-

e.It isarewardfor mymeritthatI have

eheardthat,he wasgladandremainedthere

eswithRatnavatl.Thenonedaywhen

thepleasuresofloveand fellasleep,that

esiretogambleagaintook allherjewelsand

i,whoselifedependeduponDhanadatta,

anddied.Ihavetold aboutmen.

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sarlsukamavocat:suka,tvamapistrl-

kathayatisah:69

m'1disyapurvaharsavatinamanagarl.

arajababhuva.tasyarajnahpriyatamovasu-

dattasyatrailokyamohinitanayavasumatl

tastamkanyamtamraliptikanamanagaris-

y66vivahenadattavan.tamvivahayitvasamu-

mat.sakanyapitrgrhe68sthita.athe'yam

asinamdvijaputramatimanoharamavalokya

amaniya68masabhyantaretenasamamase-

9tisthati.athakiyatakalenanijapatirasyab

ab.vasudattastasya"tithyamvidhayaratrau

amataramadidesa.vasumatlcatatrai'va71

amanasi72cintitam:ratikridaSramena

haryonidrarii73yasyati.tada'hamevasar-

i.ityalocyatatragatvasiddhim74dattva

.sa76samudradattahSramenakiriicinna

msmrtva'sukhinl76bhutvatasthau.tato

77aValokyakamavihvalasakopadgantum

bhayad78dutyadvijakumaragamanam79

sa'pibrute:duti,tvammama'lamkarabhu-

dvijakumaram80sambhasyasamagacchami.81

ti.HOvatl.

tence:tati71Pom. tatraiva.

dhananarapaterliPseti.

gan."Pnirbhayamyadan.

PV74Wsiddhi.V sandhim.

sukhinlva,om.bh.

amalip-"Pnidrarh gatamsamudr

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arakramakesarinsaidtotheparrot:

thesins ofwomen."Thusasked,hesaid:

HowVASUMAT!LOSTHERNOSEM

calledApurvaharsavatl.16Initthere

abala.16Thatkinghad adearfriend,the

VasudattahadadaughternamedVasumati,1*

worlds.Vasudattagavehisdaughterinmar-

elordofa citycalledTamraliptika.19Having

tawenttohisowncountry.Thegirl stayed

that verygirl,whenshehadseen avery

nwholivedinthatcity,sentout herdear

andforamonthcontinuallyenjoyedall

little whileherownhusbandSamudradatta

himhospitalityandinthenight badehis

fulroomand sentVasumatithere.

houghtinhismind: "Tiredoutbythe

udradattaandhiswife willgotosleep.Then

ff theirproperty."Thinkingthishewent

hinghisobjectsuccessfullyhestayedtherein

p.Samudradattathroughwearinessdid

ngof theyoungbrahmanremained

awthatSamudradattahadgonetosleep,

ybeganto gotoherlover.At thatvery

nfeartoldVasumatithattheyoungbrahman

wd,stayheredeckedoutinmyornaments

ngbrahman20andreturn."Whenthego-

gedbytheversions.

d takenpos-1' Wealth-given.InS.Dharma-

edthegirl. datta,inMSS.ofK.Dhanadattaor

o-between.Dharmadatta.InS.theintroductory

ythepolicematteris somewhatdifferent.Saga-

ody,hadradatta'sson, Srldatta,marriedthe

dthen mu-unnameddaughterofamerchantSa-

ensuggestedmudradattainthecityofSrlpura.

t playedno"=Possessingwealth.K.as our

thiefacci-version.InS.Vasudatta.

ewenttothe'' Samudradatta=sea-given.Tam-

amraliptl)isacityat

edjoy.InthemouthoftheGanges.

apura.*0Or"untilI haveintercoursewith

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