HIKAYAT INDRAPUTRA. 51. 
genie, face behind, and sets out to meet his aggressor. On his 
magic arrow he shoots to the feet of Bahrum Tabut a tablet (Joh 
lazuardi) found in Ghuran Akas’ cave predicting death. Terri-. 
fied Bahrum Shah seeks peace and welcomes Indraputra to his 
palace. 
Indraputra goes to the land of Raja Puspa Pandai and marries 
Nabat Rum Shah to Princess Chendra Lela Nur Lela. 
Raja Dewa Lela Mengerna tells Indraputra that to meet 
Berma Sakti he must shut his eyes and wish: opening them he 
will find himself on a plain under a great tree; to sleep under that 
tree is to invite death from the demon that lives in it; presently 
a light as of swords will be visible and that light will be Berma 
Sakti and must be followed. Indraputra observes this advice. 
The demon of the tree gives him a talisman that will save him 
>from death and enable him to enter rock or timber. The tight he 
follows turns into a pleasance, wherein dwells Berma Sakti sur- 
rounded by his pupils (murid). At the full moon Berma Sakti 
takes Indraputra to the lake Bahar-ulka (W\ >=) and the 
island Maalim Khirat (¢_-> giles) where a white lotus to cure: 
the childlessness of the ruler of Shahsian is to be found. On the 
way the pupils of Berma Sakti are scattered by a storm our hero 
invokes and he arrives before them on his flying horse. At the 
island he turns into a dragon and frightens them and calls down 
rain that wets them while he remains dry. Berma Sakti takes him 
to a pool where floats a white lotus. They all return to Berma 
‘Sakti’s palace. At night Indraputra calls forth his three wives. 
out of his magic pearl casket. Berma Sakti takes him to the 
plain Puspa Beranta where a throne mysteriously appears and a 
sword of its own accord slays the pupils whom Indraputra is or-. 
dered to revive with his charm (85 6% ) The sword then 
chops them to pieces and Berma Sakti has to use his own magic 
stone (09 uo) to restore them. Berma Sakti tells how the 
white lotus must be cooked as vegetable; if it fades, there is poison 
in the pot, for which he gives Indraputra a talisman that will serve: 
as an antidote. He tells Indraputra to close his eyes and wish. 
So our hero finds himself back in Ninek Kebayan’s untended gar- 
den. He presents the white lotus to Raja Shahsian. The jealous 
viziers poison the dish to kill him. He uses his talisman. He 
becomes court chamberlain. Two maids of the court eat plants. 
that spring from the discarded seeds of the white lotus and become 
pregnant. ‘The jealous viziers accuse Indraputra of seduction and 
set him and the girls adrift at sea on a raft. Raja Shahsian’s 
queen bears a daughter, Mengindra Sri Bunga, and thirty-nine 
princes come to woo her. 
Indraputra’s raft is broken in a storm; the girls are lost; In- 
draputra walking below the sea comes to the bower of an old prin- 
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