[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Avadāna and jātaka literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana) › [Exemplary Tales](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana) › [Puṇyabalāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana) › [བསོད་ནམས་ཀྱི་སྟོབས་ཀྱི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo) › [The Exemplary Tale of Punyabala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000) › notes.44 # བསད་ནམས་ཀྱ་སྟབས་ཀྱ་རྟགས་པ་བརྗད་པ notes.44 The Exemplary Tale of Puṇyabala notes.44 - **Language:** English ### [notes.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000.notes.44) 44. Literally “touched”; this probably refers to the tradition of a “tour of conquest” (Skt. dig-vijaya), in which a great king would establish dominion over surrounding areas by traveling to the four quarters. Wherever he was able to roam unimpededly became his domain. Ideally, this should be done through the power of his righteousness; other kings submitted to him and became his vassals in recognition of his superior moral standing. - [Previous: notes.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000.notes.43) - [Next: notes.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000.notes.45) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000.notes.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadana.punyabalavadana*bo~en-84000.notes.44) · Pramāṇa