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King Udena and told him that SamavatI was planning to kill him, and 

 had made holes in the walls of the palace for that purpose. The king, 

 however, refused to believe her ; and when he learned what the real 

 facts were, had the holes sealed up and windows made in the upper 

 storey. (Upper-storey windows came in at this time, we are told.) 

 (211) 



Magandiya then determined to drive the Teacher out of the city, 

 and to this end employed ruffians to follow him about and heap abuse 

 upon him. Ananda proposed to the Teacher that they should go else- 

 where ; but this the Teacher declined to do, and comparing himself to 

 an elephant engaged in the fray, pronounced Stanzas 320-322. After 

 seven days the uproar ceased ; and Magandiya, perceiving that she 

 could do nothing against the Teacher, renewed her determination to 

 destroy the women who were his supporters. (211-213) 



Magandiya then procured from her uncle eight live cocks and eight 

 dead cocks, and presented the live cocks to Udena, suggesting that he 

 ask SamavatI to cook them for him. Udena did so, and SamavatI re- 

 plied, " I and my followers do not take life." " Now," said Magandiya, 

 " see whether she will cook them for the hermit Gotaina." Magandiya 

 then substituted the dead cocks for the live cocks, and SamavatI imme- 

 diately obeyed directions. "See," said Magandiya, " they won't do it 

 for the like of you, but they '11 do it readily enough for outsiders." 

 The king, however, still refused to believe her. (213-215) 



Now the king was accustomed to divide his time equally among his 

 three consorts, spending a week at a time in the apartment of each. 

 Magandiya, knowing that the king would go to Samavatl's apartment 

 on the following day, carrying with him, as was his custom, the lute 

 Allakappa had given him, procured a snake from her uncle and placed 

 it in the cavity of the lute, stopping the end of the lute with a bunch 

 of flowers. Then she said to him, " Whose apartment do you visit to- 

 day?" The king told her. "Don't do it," said she; "last night I 

 had a bad dream, and I fear that something will happen to you." But 

 the king went, just the same, and Magandiya, much against his wishes, 

 followed after. The king placed the lute beside his pillow and lay 

 down on the bed. Magandiya secretly removed the bunch of flowers 

 from the lute, and out came the snake. Magandiya screamed as if in 

 terror, and after reproaching the king for disregarding her warning, 

 turned to SamavatI and her attendants and reviled them, saying, 

 "You wretched scoundrels, what do you hope to gain by killing your 

 most gracious sovereign ? " The king was consumed with anger, and 

 now believed all that Magandiya had said. (215-216) 



SamavatI urged her attendants to remain true to the principles of 



