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can be cut off with the nails of the fingers ; when it has grown large it is 

 difficult to cut it down even with a hundred axes." The king of Anga 

 sends his envoys or messengers to the king of Magadha^ and demands of 

 him that the young prince, tied by the neck, should be sent to him ; — 

 an answer is returned to him ; — they both prepare for war. 



The king of Magadha appoints his son commander of the army. 

 ViMBASARA summons those five hundred sons of officers that were born at 

 the same time with him ; — acquaints them with his own circumstances ; — tells 

 them that he is resolved to make war against the king of Anga ; — appoints 

 them his officers. They all cheerfully engage in his cause, and assure him 

 that his circumstances will be their own. The prince utters a sldka, of 

 which the meaning is this : " In whose house there is renown and glory (or 

 a sacred person) it must be defended by all means. When honor is lost all 

 is gone ; as when the nave of a wheel is broken, the spokes are of no 

 use." The officers assure him of their attachment to him in these words : 

 " where your feet are there are our heads." He assembles the four kinds of 

 troops. His father expresses his wonder at the great number of his son's 

 army — thence Vimbasara's surname " the king that has many troops." 

 Since the king of Anga had yet more troops than he himself — he causes 

 him to be slain by a stratagem. He occupies afterwards the whole of 

 Ano-a, and takes up his residence at Champa till the death of his father. 

 Afterwards he makes his residence at RajagriJia, and this Vimbasara is 

 represented in the Dulva as the king of Magadha in the time of ShXkya, 

 whom he greatly esteemed, honored, and patronized. 



From leaf 10. A young Brahman from Magadha, or Central India, 

 travels towards the south of India, searching after mysteries or the Tantrika 

 doctrine. He goes to a celebrated Brahman ; — is well received by him ; — 

 general reflections on the character of the people in the east, south, west and 

 north of India. Praise bestowed on Central India, (leaf 10-11.) Many wish 

 to see it. A celebrated Brahman goes with the former to Rdjagriha; — pays 

 there a visit to the king -desires to dispute with any one of the brahmans 



