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H. P. (Jastri— Cri-dharma-maygala. 
where he is discovered by his father ; then he is married; he is 
examined in his knowledge. He conquers the whole pakya race 
by his prowess and marries Gdpa, the daughter of Dandapani. Then 
comes the well-known story about the four excursions, and his famous 
renunciation. During his prolonged meditation under the Bo tree at 
Bodh-gaya, Mara comes to tempt him, first with an army of terrible 
demons and then with a host of beautiful damsels. But the Buddha 
rises superior to the temptations, and succeeds in turning the wheel of 
law (the Dharma-caJcrci). The Lalita-vistara ends here, but there are 
other works, such as the Mahavastv-avadana, which give a history of 
his ministry and of his Nirvana at Kmpnagara. 
The Cn-dliarma-marjgdla begins with the usual salutations to Gane^a, 
Sarasvati, &c. The real work opens with Dlianna, as supreme Brahma, 
creating Vidhi, Yisnu and fiva. In the beginning of the Kali-yuga, he 
thinks deeply in his highest heaven that people are not worshipping 
Dharma. Just at this time Hanumat presents himself before Dharma, 
and in consultation they determine to send to the earth one of the 
Apsarases, or dancing girls of Indra’s court, in order that she may 
propagate the worship of Dharma. 
This dancing girl is born as the sister of the wife of the king of 
Gauda, the son of the gr eat King Dharma-pala. Her brother Maha- 
inada is the minister of the king. The king gives the girl in mar¬ 
riage to Karna-sena, one of his great feudatories, against the wishes 
of his brother-in-law, and the minister takes a vow of eternal ven¬ 
geance against his sister and his brother-in-law. 
Ranjavati the royal sister-in-law, on the advice of Ramai Pandit, 
worships Dharma at Campai, that she may get a mighty son. In 
order to please the deity, she lays herself down on a piece of plank with 
iron spikes driven through it, the instrument on which jute is teased 
by weavers. She immediately dies, and remains dead for three nights. 
Then there is a storm. Dharma-raja presents himself before her, and she 
regains her life and gains the boon she wanted. Lausena, her son, is an in¬ 
carnation of Ka 9 yapa’s son, perhaps Indra. His athletic training is given 
in detail. The minister of the king of Gauda makes many attempts to 
take his life. Dharma saves him. He is at last summoned to Gauda. 
On his way to the capital, he kills the tiger Kamadala, in the depopulated 
city of Jalandara. At Jamati and at Golaghata, women of all descriptions 
throw many temptations in his way, but in vain. On his arrival at 
Gauda, the minister contrives to send him on a distant and hazardous 
expedition against Kamarupa. He subdues the king, compels him to 
pay tribute, and takes his daughter in marriage. The minister sends 
him on other dangerous expeditions, and he succeeds in all of them. 
