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The first of these is a short romance of which the 

 story is simply this. Candarface'tu, a young and 

 valiint prince, son of Chinta'nan'i king of Cnsunia- 

 pura* , saw in a dream a beautiful maiden of whom he 

 became de5p(ra'ely enamoured. Impressed with the 

 belief, that a person, such as seen by him in his dream, 

 had a real existence, he resolves to travel in search of 

 her, and departs, attended only by his confidant Maca- 

 EAXDA. While reposing under a tree in a forest at the 

 foot of the VtmThyii mountains, where they haired, 

 Macarand A overhears two birds conversing, and from 

 their discourse, he learns, that the princess Va'sava- 

 datta', having rejected all the suitors who h:id been 

 assembled by tlie king her father for her to make choice 

 of a husband, had seen Can d arfacf/tu in a dream, 

 in which she had even drea:i)t his name. Her confi- 

 dant, Tama'ltca, sent by her in search of the prince, 

 was arrived in the same forest, aid is discovered rh; re 

 by Macaraxda. She delivers .to the prince a letter 

 from th-e prii>cess, and conducts him to the king's pa- 

 lace. He obtains from the princess the avowal of her 

 love ; and her confidant, Calati reveals to tjie prince 

 the violence of her passion. 



The lovers depart together : but, passing through 

 the forest, .he loses her in the night. After long and 

 unsuccessful search, in the course of which he rcach..es 

 the shore of the sea, the. prince, grown desperate 

 through grief, resolves on death. But at the moment 

 when he was about to cast himself into the sea, he hears 

 a voice from heaven which promises to him the reco- 

 very of his mistress and indicates the means. After 

 some time, Candakpack'tu finds a marble statute the 

 precise resemblance of Va'savad atta'. It proves to 

 be her ; and she quits her marble form and regains ani- 



• Same with Pat'ali'pura or Pat'aU putra; tbc ancient PiUhuthra, 

 now Patna. As. Res, Vol. IV. j^. 11. 



