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[Full title: Didactic stories; (A) Religious cum Moral Stories; (56) The previous births of Lavana, Ankusa and Siddhartha or The story of Priyankara, Hitankara and Sudarsana]

Following the account of the previous births of Rama, Sita and Vali, Muni Sakalabhusana narrated this story in reply of the further inquiry made by Vibhisana (104.1-34) to illustrate the fruits of having affection for others and the results of offering gifts to the monks. Two brahmin Vasunanda and Sunanda, the sons of Vamadeva of Syamalinagara on account of offering gifts to a certain monk were reborn in the Uttarakuru then as celestial beings in the Isana Kalpa and then as Priyankara and Hitankara, being the sons of Rativardhana and at Sudarsana queen Kakandipura. Rativardhana was approached by Vijayavali, the wife of his minister Sarvagupta to enjoy with her, but the king refused to transgress the laws. of moral condnct. Sarvagupta suspecting her wife's infidelity set fire to the palace of Rativardhana, but the latter along with his wife and sons escaped the consequences by stealthily disappearBanaras where ing from Kasyapa subdued the palace. Sarvagupta and to He went reigned. Sarvagupta occupied the whole territory of Rativardhana and attacked Kasyapa. He wanted to bring the latter under his suzerainty. Rativardhana and Kaspaya having allied together made forest. him flee away into a Rativardhana occupied his ancestral territory and in due course he became a monk. Vijayavali who had been already divorced by Sarvagupta became a Raksasi and disturbed Muni Rativardhana, but the monk remained calm and absorbed in meditation and he attained Kevala. Priyankara and Hitankara after having renounced the world. were reborn in the Graiveyaka Vimana and descending from there. they were reborn as Lavana and Ankusa. Sudarsana, the wife of Rativardhana after passing through various existences was reborn as Siddhartha, the teacher of Lavana and Ankusa. Siddhartha then made them proficient in various arts on account of his previous affection for them. The Paumacariya (108. 1-52) mentions Vamadeva as Damadeva. The Paumacariu (85. 1-2) drops the story of Vijayavali and Sarvagupta and does It mentions Sudeva for not narrate the rebirth of Sudarsana. Sunanda, Kakandipura for Syamalinagara and names the wife of Vamadeva as Syamali. In other details it agrees with the Paumacariya The Ramapurana of Bhattaraka Somasena. (p. 191) mentions Vamadeva. The Trishashti Shalaka Purusha-caritra (IV. 340) follows the Paumacariya, but does not give the episodes of Sarvagupta and Rativardhana and the obstruction caused by the Raksasi (Vijayavali) to muni Rativardhana,