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city, and consecrated king by ministers and vassals. The divinity 

 then appeared on the firmament of the heavens, and proclaimed : 

 " Behold, behold, this is the puissant king Vikkama, expert in all arts ; 

 his body is permeated with divinity ! Therefore, him that does not do 

 his bidding I shall not spare." Then the entire retinue of vassals, 

 ministers, chaplains, and others became submissive to his commands, 

 Muladeva lived in the enjoyment of refined pleasures of the senses. 

 Shortly he entered into relations with Viyaradhavala, the king of 

 Ujjeni, and they became united in close mutual friendship. 



While this was going on Devadatta, after she had witnessed Mula- 

 deva's humiliation, became exceedingly wroth against Ayala. She 

 upbraided him : " See here, I am a courtezan, and not your wedded 

 wife,*^'^ and yet you behave thus in my house : now you need not 

 trouble yourself about me any further ! " Then she went before the 

 king, fell at his feet, and said : " Grant me the favor of that gift 

 (which I have reserved for myself )! "^^ The king said: "Speak 

 out, the favor is already thine; what more have you to say? " Deva- 

 datta said : " Your Majesty, I desire that no man other than Miila- 

 deva be bidden to me, and that Ayala be forbidden to come to my 

 house." The king said : " It shall be as you please, but tell me now, 

 what is this affair of yours?" Then Mahavl stated the case. The 

 king became incensed against Ayala, and said, " How now, in this 

 my city are these two jewels, and even these this fellow does mal- 

 treat ! " He had him brought up and beaten ; then he said to him : 

 " Sirrah, are you king here, that you demean yourself thus ? There- 

 fore do you now seek protection, else I shall hold your life forfeit! " 

 Devadatta said : " My lord, what purpose is served by killing him, 

 dog as he is in the main :'^^ let him go ! " The king said : " Sirrah, 

 I am going now to release you on the word of this noble woman, but 



^' See the story, Kathakoga, p. 187, of the leper husband, as illustrating 

 by an extreme example the devotion of a wife. In Dagakumaracarita 6 

 (Mitragupta's third story) we read: "Husbands are the only divinities of 

 wives, especially of wives of good family." In Kathasaritsagara 13, end : 

 " Thus, O queen, women of good family, ever worship their husbands with 

 chaste and resolute behavior." 



6^ See above, p. 638. 



69 Or, " dog-foot," as he is. In Kathasaritsagara 13 a dog-foot is branded 

 on the forehead as a sign of disgrace. 



