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In Parqvanatha it is, rather curiously, not made to illustrate audarya, 

 the standard moral quality of Vikrama, but rather his vinaya, or 

 tactful conduct, which furnishes part of the text of a very long 

 preachment (with excellent stories) in behalf of the four "worldly" 

 virtues (laukika gunah) : vinaya, "tact;" viveka, "discretion;"^® 

 susamga, " keeping good company ; " and susattvata, " noble endur- 

 ance," from 3. 97 to the end of the chapter. 



The following is a translation in full of this version of 



Vikrama's Adventures in the Body of a Parrot. 



Vikrama and His Queen KamaJavatl {10^-108). 



There is in India, in the land of Avanti, a city named AvantI, 

 resplendent with men and jewels gathered there from sundry strange 

 lands. In that city there governed Vikrama, a ruler of the earth, 

 of noble form, and he, though his own power was unrivaled (ad- 

 vaitavikrama),^^ kept extoling the accomplishments of Visnu (Trivi- 

 krama). That king, though lavish with his wealth, was free from 

 haughtiness ; though endowed with might, w-as tolerant ; and, though 

 he himself was instrumental in exalting noble men, yet he was 

 sincerely modest before them that deserved honor.*'' His was a 

 beloved Queen, Kamalavatl"*^ by name, fashioned, as it were, by a 

 skilful poet. She had many noble qualities: strength (of char- 

 acter), graciousness, sweetness, loveliness, and more. 



Vikrama Extols the Glories of His Kingdom, and is Acclaimed by 

 a Visitor (iop-ii8). 



One day that monarch, beholding his court that was like the 

 palace of Indra, rejoiced exceedingly and asked those who were 



''s Vinaya, together with viveka, often, c. g., C^ahbhadra Carita i. 21. A 

 person having such virtues is called mahapurusa, according to a pair of glokas 

 cited in a foot-note to the same text, 2. 2 : udaras tattvavit sattvasarhpannah 

 sukrtagayah, sarvasattvahitah satyagali vigadasadgunah, vigvopakari sampur- 

 nacandranistandravrtt'abhiih, vinitatma viveki yah sa mahapurusah smrtah. 



39 Advaita, "unrivaled,' is punningly the name of Visnu. The second 

 meaning is: "And he, having power equal to Visnu's, nevcrtlieless kept prais- 

 ing Visnu." The passage puns also thrice on the name of Vikrama. 



•'" Note the play upon aunnatyam and vinatah. 



■11 " Like a lotus." 



