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should be heard, verse 10 (3). Four kinds of katha अर्थकथा, कामकथा, धर्मकथा, संकीर्णकथा, and कथावस्तु of 3 kinds दिव्वं, दिव्वमाणुसं, माणुसं (2 13-3. 10) (4) 3 kinds of hearers: उत्तम, मध्यम, अधम. (5) The author lay down दिव्वमाणुसवत्थुगयं धम्मकहं चेव कित्तइस्सामि; then praises धर्म and introduces that he would relate the life-story of king समरादित्य relating also the history of 9 previous births. (6) Then he quotes the Găthas of former teachers on which he avers he bases his stories I भव. गुणसेन and अग्निशर्मा. II भव. सिंह and आनंद, the father and the son. III भव. शिखिन् and Gifsaft, the mother and the daughter IV Ha. धन and धनश्री, the husband and wife. V भव. जय and विजय born of the same mother VI भव. धरण and लक्ष्मी the husband and the wife. VII भव. सेन and विसेन two agnates VIII भव. गुणचन्द्र and वानमंतर IX भव. समरादित्य and गिरिसेन. Thereafter the cities where the actions took place and the heavens and hells they attained are respectively enumerated (6. 10).
The Story of the First Birth.
(गुणसेन and अग्गिसम्मा, ) The seed of the first story is in the संग्रहणीगाथा २३. 5. 18. The scene of the story is laid in खियपइट्ट ( सं. गा. २६. 5. 25 ). One i. e.G. attains in the first birth in heaven while A. gets
