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132 The Last Five Upangas [ V. Loct. 1. duty of a layman, and having done so he returned.
177. At that time and at that period, the disciple of Lord Aritthanemi and a houseless monk, Varadatta by name, who was noble (and so forth, down to) was staying there. Now that houseless monk Varadatta saw Nisadha and having done 80 and with faith and so forth, down to) waiting upon, he asked thus to Aritthanemi: “ Venerable Sir, prince Nisadha is, indeed, lovable, of a beautiful form, handsome, and of a handsome form, in the same way dear, delighting the heart, attractive, of an attractive form, gentle and of a gentle form, of a beautiful sight and of a good form. How, Venerable Sir, has Nisadha obtained and acquired this human prosperity ? ( Asking of the previous birth is to be described here exactly as in the case of Suriyabha). Then Aritthanemi answered : “ Truly in this way, Varadatta !"
178. At that time and at that period in this very continent of Jambuddiva and in the country of Bharaha there was a city named Rohidaa which was prosperous, wellprotected and happy. A park named Mehavanna, the abode of the Yaksha Manidatta. In
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