अवन्तिसुन्दरीकथासारः /37

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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
 
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'Then Sumukha will destroy Suvarman the last of the
Sun
Suṅgas and will be king for 13 years. Kṛṣṇa, his younger

brother, will rule for 18 years, Sātakaṇṭakiī.....Lambodara 18,
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Āpilaka 12, Meghasväāti 18, Svāti 18, Skandasvāti 7, Mṛgenda
S
Śātakaṛni 3, Kuntala SŚatakarni 8, Sväātisena 1, Pulomāvi 36,

Arikṛṣṇa 25, Haāla 5, Mäāntellaka 5, Pulindasena 21, Sundara

Sātakarṇi 1, SivasväŚivasvāti 28, Gautameya 31, Pulomāvi...... Sivasri
Śivaśri
31, Sivaskanda ŠŚivaskanda Śātakarṇi......Yajñaśrī SŚātakarṇi 29, Vijaya 6,

Candṇḍaśrī Sätakarnātakarṇi 3, and Pulomāvi 7.
 

 
"Thus after the rule of 6 Püūtikas, 10 Siśunābhas, 9

Nandas, 10 Mauryas, 10 Sunṅgas, 4 Kāṇvāyanas, 29 Andhras
Āndhras
known as SŚātavāhanas, 7 AĀndhra-Bhṛtyas, 10 AĀbhiīras, 7

Gabhis, 18 SŚakas, 8 Yavanas, 14 Tahāras, 13 Mukundas and
ṇḍas and
11 Potas, to cleanse the earth of the evils of Kali age,

Ripuñjaya will return from his penance-grove, will beget a

son (Rājahamṁsa) by the grace of the god Nārāyaṇa, and

rule over the Magadha country. You should, ask Padmod-

bhava, the son to be born to you, to serve the king as

minister, and then you should take your seat by the side

of the lord of wealth (Kubera). Here is a life-giving

Marakata gem; set it on a ring and wear it round your finger.")

Having delivered this message the Yakṣa vanished.
 

 
(Av. Sāra IV. 66; Av. pp. 183-85)
 

 
"Now", Raājahamṁsa went on, "you will see that Padmod-

bhava, the son of Potapa, became a minister of my father.

He had three sons, Ratnodbhava, Suśruta, and Sumantra.

The eldest son taking to the profession of trade crossed the

seas. The minister Matiśarman had two sons, Sumati and

Satyaśarman. Satyaśarman was a pious man and left the

home on pilgrimage. Dharmapāla had two sons, Sumitra

and Kāmapāla. Kāmapāla was a sensualit and nothing has

been heard of him. The other four sons, you know, are now

my loyal ministers."
 

 
(Av. Sāra IV. 66-70; Av. pp. 185-86)
 

 
Story of Pusṣpodbhava
 

 
The king had hardly finished the story of his father,

when an young ascetic appeared before him with a tender baby

in his hand and said: 'O King! (you may remember that I

am a disciple of Vāmadeva and my name is Somaśarman).

While I was returning from pilgrimage to Rāmatīrtha (in

Dakṣiṇāpatha) I came across a Śiva temple in the Kalinga