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would be born as the daughters of four merchants, Samudra, Priyasamudra, Kubera, and Sagara, and would be married to their present husband in his next birth
After the events described above had taken place Mahavira went somewhere else (470-474).
CANTO THE SECOND.
In Rajagrha there lived, in king Śreņika's time. Rsabhadatta, also called Rşabha, an eminent and pious merchant His wife was Dhāriņi As they had no children, Dharini became extremely dejected In order to divert her Rṣabha took her on a trip to the groves of the Vaibhara hill (1-38). There they met Yasomitra, the son of a Siddha, and were told by him that Sudharman, the Ganadhara, was holding forth in an adjoining park They went there together with the Siddha and listened to Sudharman's sermon (39-45).
When Sudharman had finished, Yasomitra asked him for a description of the Jambu tree, which had lent its name to Jambudripa Dharini on her part questioned the sage, whether she would give birth to a son; upon which, Yasomitra blamed her for putting such a question to the holy man He then foretold her that she would conceive after seeing a hon in a dream A son would be born whose name should be Jambū After such conversation they separated, and the now happy couple returned to their town (46-57) All happened as foretold. It was the god Vidyunmalın who was reborn as Dharini's son This son was called Jambu He grew up, the joy of his parents, and in time reached the marriageable age (57-74). In the same town (Rajagrha) there were eight merchants Samudrapriya, Samudradatta, Sagaradatta, Kuberadatta, Kuberasena, Śramaņadatta, Vasusena, and Vasupālita. Their wives were Padmavati, Kanakamālā, Vinayasri, Dhanaśrī, Kanakavati, Śrisena, Viramati, and Jayasena Each couple had one daughter Samudraśri, Padmasri, Padmasenā, Kanakasena (these four had. during their former lives, been the wives of Vidyunmalın). Nabhaḥsena Kanakasri, Kanakavati,
