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man, guessing the meaning of the omen, betrothed his daughter to Nanda Now the marriage procession took place at the same time, when, on the death of Udãyın who left no heirs, the five royal insignia, viz , the State elephant, the horse, the parasol, the Lumbha, and the two cauris were anointed by the ministers and led through the streets When the two processions met, the State elephant pat Nanda on his back, the horse neighed, etc. in short, it was evident, that the royal insignia themselves pointed him out as the successor of Udãyın. He was accordingly proclaimed king and ascended the throne sirly years after the Nirvana 1 (231-243).
Nanda's dependent chiefs were disinclined to acknowledge his authority; even in his sabhā they refused him the customary respect for, when he rose, nobody stirred to leave the room with him Returning therefore and seating himself on the throne, he ordered the armed guards to put the assembled chiefs to rleath. But the guards smiling at each other disobeyed him Now there were two sentinels, painted al fresco on the wall. Into these pictures a goddess, moved by Nanda's merits, put life, upon which the sentinels slipping out of the rall, immediately put to death the disloyal chiefs Thus the king's authority was restored and soon acknowledged throughout his kingdom (244-252).
CANTO THE SEVENTH In a suburb of Patalıputra lived a Brahman called Kapila, Once after sunset a Jaina monk arrived at hus house, and as it was too late to enter the town, he asked for shelter in the Brāhman's house He succeeded in converting him to the Jain faith and left him in the morning (1-13). During the ramy season some Jaina monks were staying in Kapıla's house when a boy was born to him This child, however, was at once possessed of Revati demons who were expelled by pouring water from the monks' bowls on him from this circumstance being muni-bhājana-halpāmbhoʻ-bhışıkta the boy was called
1 The date is wanting in Arasy aka Kath, XVI, 11, 30
