Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.191

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Agada A physician who is famous for his modesty The story regarding him runs like this Once the territory of a king was besieged by his enemies He found it difficult to combat the forces of enemies as he possessed a meagre army An expedient struck his mind He started poisoning the water People offered poison for this purpose Agada also offered poison to the king The king got angry in as much as the quantity of the poison offered by Agada was very small Agada said in a modest voice to the king Oh king! this poison is not of an ordinary quality A very very small quantity of it can kill a thousand persons one after another It penetrates the body of a person who merely touches the person whose body has been affected by it Thus it can successively penetrate a thousand bodies after which it becomes ineffective This is why it is called sahas avedhin An experiment was then made on an elephant and it proved a success The king became very glad