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Kathasaritsagara 4.3.54

Kathāsaritsāgara 4.3.54

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Sanskrit

4.3.54

mantriṇām udapadyanta sarveṣāṃ śubhalakṣaṇāḥ /
krameṇa tanayās tatra bhāvikalyāṇasūcakāḥ //

Then Sinhaparákrama examined many maidens by means of the dish, and discovering that they had belonged to alien races" a previous birth, he avoided them, but after he had discovered one, who had been a lioness in a previous birth and so was a suitable match for him, he married her as his second wife, and her name was Sinhaśrí. And alter assigning to that Kalalsakárí one village only as her portion, he lived, delighted with the acquisition of treasure, in the society of his new Thus, O king, wives and others are friendly or hostile to men in this world by virtue of impressions in a previous state of existence. When the king oF Vatsa had heard this wonderful story from Vasantaka, he was exceedingly delighted; and so was the queen Vásavadattá. And the king was never weary day or night of contemplating the moon-like face of the pregnant queen. And as days went on, there were born to all his ministers in due course sons with auspicious marks, who heralded approaching good fortune. First there was horn to Yaugandharáyana, the chief minister, a son Marubhúti by name. Then Rumanvat had a son called Hariśikha, and to Vasantaka there was born a son named Tapantaka. And to the head-warder called Nityodita, whose other title was Ityaka, there was born a son named Gomukha.

Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story

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