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Then the monks asked the Teacher: "How did Khujjuttara corue 

 to be a hunchback 1 how did she become so wise 1 how did she obtain 

 the Fruit of Conversion 1 how did she come to be an errand-girl 1 " 

 The Teacher told them that she became a hunchback through mocking 

 a Private Buddha, that she acquired wisdom by waiting on some 

 Private Buddhas, and the Fruit of Conversion by giving them her 

 bracelets, and that she became an errand-girl because she once asked a 

 nun to do a menial service for her. (225-7) 



Again the monks asked the Teacher : " SamavatI and her attendants 

 perished by fire and Magandiya and her kinsfolk by torture ; which of 

 these live and which of these are dead 1 " The Teacher replied : 

 " They that are heedless, though they live a hundred years, yet are 

 they dead ; they that are heedful, be they dead or alive, yet are they 

 alive. Magandiya, while she yet lived, was dead already ; SamavatI 

 and her attendants, though they be dead, yet are they alive; the 

 heedful never die." ' Then he pronounced Stanzas 21-23, at the conclu- 

 sion of which many were established in the Fruits. (227-231) 



Book II. Story 2. Kumbhaghosaka. 



ILLUSTRATING STANZA 4 = 24. 



A pestilence once broke out in Rajagaha and a certain treasurer and 

 his wife were attacked by the disease. Realizing that they were about 

 to die, they bade farewell to their son Kumbhaghosaka, directing him to 

 bury their treasure* in the earth, flee for his life, and return later and 

 dig it up again. Kumbhaghosaka buried the treasure, fled to a jungle, 

 and after twelve years returned. No one recognized him ; and this 

 made him fear tha,t if he dug up the treasure, he might be subjected 

 to annoyance ; therefore he decided to make his own living, and 

 obtained a position as a cart-driver. (231-2) 



One day King Bimbisara heard the sound of Kumbhaghosaka's voice, 

 and immediately exclaimed, " That is the voice of some rich man." A 

 female slave heard the remark, made an investigation, and reported to 

 the king that it was only a cart-driver. The king refused to believe 

 her ; whereupon she said, " Give me a thousand pieces of money, and I 

 will make you master of his wealth." The king complied with her 

 request. (232-3) 



Now the female slave had a daughter whom she resolved to employ 

 in the accomplishment of her design. Accordingly she obtained, lodg- 

 ing for herself and her daughter in Kumbhaghosaka's house, and con- 

 trived to seduce Kumbhaghosaka to violate her daughter. When she 

 had so far succeeded in her purpose, she contracted a marriage between 



