[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.2130 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2130 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2130 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2130) Śridatta accordingly stayed there and started for Mathurā at day-break on the next day. On the way he took bath in a tank just outside the city. While bathing he happened to get a silk cloth and a necklace of beads from the bed of the tank. After his bath, he entered the city with the silk and necklace. Mistaking him for a thief, the police arrested him. Really the silk and necklace had been hidden in the tank by thieves. Śridatta was produced before the King with the stolen articles. The king condemned him to death. Mrgāṅkavati who was staying in the custody of the minister happened to see Śridatta being taken to the place of execution. She immediately ran up to the minister and told him that Śridatta was her husband. When the King came to know it, he ordered him to be brought back to the palace. As soon as Śridatta saw the minister, he felt certain doubts about his identity. The minister had a striking resemblance to his father's brother Vigatabhaya who had left home years ago. His doubts were confirmed when the minister revealed his identity and the two embraced each other after their long separation. Śridatta narrated the whole story of his sufferings and misfortunes beginning from the murder of Kālanemi up to that time. On hearing his tragic story, the minister burst into tears and told him that he had obtained 5000 horses and plenty of wealth. All this he gave to Śridatta and his wife. - [Previous: c9.2129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2129) - [Next: c9.2131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2131) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2130) · Pramāṇa