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AVANTISUNDARI KATHĀ SĀRA
wealth in favour of Brahmans and practised austerities.
Meanwhile a Yakşa, an attendant of Kubera, approached him
in the guise of a Brahman and delivered the message of his
master.
(Av. Sāra IV. 1-15; Av. pp. 175-78)
History of the royal dynasties
"Ripuñjaya, (the ruler of Kusumapura and the last of the
Brhadratha dynasty, having given up his kingdom) has been
practising penance (in a hermitage. Seeing this, the king of
Viśālā, greedy of territory, killed Vitihotra, the ruler, and
anointed his son Pradyota as king. The son was called Canda
from the severity with which he punished; he ruled 23 years,
his son Pālaka 28, Viśākhayüpa 50, Mālyaka 21, and
Avantivardhana 30.
"Then Siśunābha set aside the Pūtika line, placed his son in
Vārāṇasī and himself ruled in Girivraja for 40 years. His son
Kākavarṇa ruled for 36 years, Kṣemavarman 26, Kşatraujas
40, Bimbasāra 38, Ajātaśatru 37, Darśaka 25, Udāyi 33,
Nandivardhana 43, and his son Mahānandi 43).
"When Mahānandin, (the last of the Siśunābha line), was
ruling over the Magadha country, there took place in the city of
Girivraja a grand dance performance (full of rasa ad bhāva).
Sankhanidhi and Padmanidhi, (the two treasure spirits of
Kubera), assumed human forms and witnessed the performance.
A skilled sorcerer who detected the identity of Padmanidhi,
bound him by the power of his mantra and forced him to
bestow his wealth on the land. The exhausted Padmanidhi,
desirous of getting back his wealth, tock birth as Mahapadma
Nanda, son Mahānandin (by his wife of a lower caste).
Mahapadma (destroyed the entire Kṣatriya race and) collected
all the gold of the land for himself.
(Av. Sāra IV. 17-21; Av. pp. 178-79)
Story of Vararuci
"During this time, there lived a Brahman named Kalāpi in
the Uikala country (Orissa). By the grace of the Goddess,
Katyāyani, a female child was born to him and he called her
Katyayani. She grew up as a beautiful girl and served her father
in his fire-worship. The Fire-god fell in love with her and she
conceived. Her father suspected her conduct and abandoned
her (in the Vindhya forest. In a desparate mood, she prepared
to throw herself into a forest-fire) when the Fire-god appeared
AVANTISUNDARI KATHĀ SĀRA
wealth in favour of Brahmans and practised austerities.
Meanwhile a Yakşa, an attendant of Kubera, approached him
in the guise of a Brahman and delivered the message of his
master.
(Av. Sāra IV. 1-15; Av. pp. 175-78)
History of the royal dynasties
"Ripuñjaya, (the ruler of Kusumapura and the last of the
Brhadratha dynasty, having given up his kingdom) has been
practising penance (in a hermitage. Seeing this, the king of
Viśālā, greedy of territory, killed Vitihotra, the ruler, and
anointed his son Pradyota as king. The son was called Canda
from the severity with which he punished; he ruled 23 years,
his son Pālaka 28, Viśākhayüpa 50, Mālyaka 21, and
Avantivardhana 30.
"Then Siśunābha set aside the Pūtika line, placed his son in
Vārāṇasī and himself ruled in Girivraja for 40 years. His son
Kākavarṇa ruled for 36 years, Kṣemavarman 26, Kşatraujas
40, Bimbasāra 38, Ajātaśatru 37, Darśaka 25, Udāyi 33,
Nandivardhana 43, and his son Mahānandi 43).
"When Mahānandin, (the last of the Siśunābha line), was
ruling over the Magadha country, there took place in the city of
Girivraja a grand dance performance (full of rasa ad bhāva).
Sankhanidhi and Padmanidhi, (the two treasure spirits of
Kubera), assumed human forms and witnessed the performance.
A skilled sorcerer who detected the identity of Padmanidhi,
bound him by the power of his mantra and forced him to
bestow his wealth on the land. The exhausted Padmanidhi,
desirous of getting back his wealth, tock birth as Mahapadma
Nanda, son Mahānandin (by his wife of a lower caste).
Mahapadma (destroyed the entire Kṣatriya race and) collected
all the gold of the land for himself.
(Av. Sāra IV. 17-21; Av. pp. 178-79)
Story of Vararuci
"During this time, there lived a Brahman named Kalāpi in
the Uikala country (Orissa). By the grace of the Goddess,
Katyāyani, a female child was born to him and he called her
Katyayani. She grew up as a beautiful girl and served her father
in his fire-worship. The Fire-god fell in love with her and she
conceived. Her father suspected her conduct and abandoned
her (in the Vindhya forest. In a desparate mood, she prepared
to throw herself into a forest-fire) when the Fire-god appeared