________________ Siri Sirivalakaha Thore king Shrenika, who was well-known in all the three worlds, who was a great devotee of the feet of the Conquerer Vira and who had, through good fortune, cerned for himself the 'karma' which enables a person to attain to the position of a Tirthankara, protected his kingdom. (5) Whose chief queen was Nanda by name, she having an excellent son named Abhayakumara, endowed with many virtues and a store of four kinds of talents. (6) He had a second wife namel Chillana, the daughter of king Chedaya, who had (the eldest) son named Asogachanda (i. e. Kunika) and (the other two sons named) Halla and Vihalla. (7) He had many other queens such as Dharani and others, and many clever Sons who were devoted to the foot of their parents. (8) That king Shronika, whose energy or Utsaba-S'akti was incited by Abhayakumara, and whose prowess was manifest in the three worlds, protected (his) kingdom as well as religion. (9) In the meanwhile Lord Mabavira, the Pro phet, who was worshipped by the gods and
