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Ja ya simha's army. King Madanabhrama arrived and zoo youthful damsels riding mares with due crotic decorations were sent against the hostile army. They forcefully marched towards it and retreated in no time. Ja ya. simh a's cavalry pursued them and entered the eastern gates along with their king. Both the kings met; Madana bhrama conduced king Jayasimhadeva to his palace and adored him. Mutual love having sprung forth, king Yadanabhrama pronounced to kiny ja ylsiņh a deva that since he roamed about outside his kingdom for as many as twelve years he was a notorious king. He advised him to stay at home and enjoy royal pastimes.
ja ya sim hadeva admitted this and Vadanabhra fua, being pleased with him, presented to him, at the time of departure, eight excellent damsels possessed of beauty as well as puberty. On suddenly learning that they were offered to the king of Gujarata, six of them died near the citygates due to heast-bursting and the rest two nained Må yurani or Mano. harā and Peth ùripi or Pitbula śroni were brought to Pattana, where the king was received with due festivities,
3. THE STORY OF THE FIVE-HANDLED ROYAL UMBRELLA OF
VIKRAMADITYA
Once, while returning from his usual round of the city of Ujjayini, king Vikramaditya beheld a lady taunting from her balcony a scavenger woman who had stopped her sweeping work in honour of the royal procession and expressing hier despise for the king inasmuch as he did not possess a royal umbrella of five handles. Having returned to his palace he summoned the lady whose elders approached and greeted him. The king asked them to prepare a fi ve-handled parasol for him. They replied that they would make such a parasol for bim only who fulfilled their five desires. The king agreed and asked what he had to do.
Desire 1:
They replied: "In the first instance, having defeated the lady within three days you slikl? marry her."
• She came there with full pomp in company of her maids. The king could not win till the evening of the second day. That night he went to ber ward
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| SR No. | 009675 |
| Book Title | Laghu Prabandh Sangraha |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jayant P Thaker |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1970 |
| Total Pages | 309 |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Literature, & History |
| File Size | 6 MB |