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H. P. (Jastri— Cri-dharma-maygala. 
The minister himself worships Dharma and brings in Lausena to help 
him. He throws him into prison, gets his father and mother into his 
power, and agrees to release them only on condition that Lausena should 
cause the sun to rise on the west. Lausena proceeds to Hakanda, the 
westernmost point imaginable, beyond Haridvara, beyond Mathura, 
beyond Kuruksetra, near the mountain where the sun sets. There he 
sacrifices his own person, divided into nine parts, in the fire, and all his 
followers do the same. One animal survives,—a dog. Dharma brings 
them to life, and makes the sun rise in the west. Lausena gets his 
parents released, and goes back to his kingdom. Dharma presents 
himself in his capital, and takes him and his followers to heaven. 
This is the story of Cri-dharma-mcirjgala. It has the following strik¬ 
ing points of resemblance with the story of the life of the Buddha. 
1. The Buddha in the Tusita-heaven thinks of taking his last 
birth on earth. 
Dharma in the highest heaven, thinks of sending* some one on earth 
to propagate his worship. 
2. The Buddha selects the best royal family for his birth. 
Dharma selects the most virtuous royal personage to become the 
father of Ka 9 yapa-nandana on earth. vv 
3. The Buddha’s mother, Maya-devI, gives birth to her noble son, 
while hanging from the branch of a tree. This tree is said to be a 
Pipal tree by some, an A 9 oka or a Cala by others. 
Ranjavati, in order to get a son by the favour of Dharma, lays herself 
down on a Cala —a plank with iron spikes in it. Now Qale bhar deoya 
would apply equally to hanging by the branch of a Qala tree and to 
lying oneself down on a Cala , the planks with spikes driven into it. 
4. The Buddha’s mother dies immediately after the birth of her 
son. 
Lausena’s mother dies in order to get a son. 
5. A storm disperses the crowd of attendants of the Buddha’s 
mother, when he is born. 
A storm precedes the obtaining of the boon by which Ranja gets 
Lausena as her son. 
6. The stories of athletic exercises bear very close resemblances 
to each other. 
7. The story of the temptation of the Buddha divides itself into 
two parts, viz., temptation by fierce demons, and temptation by beautiful 
damsels, or in other words by Mara-sena and by Mara-kanya. 
The story of the temptation of Lausena, too, divides itself into two 
parts—one, temptation by the tiger Kamadala, which is a modern 
form of the word Mara-sena, — and the other, temptation by the ladies 
of Jamati and the public women of Golaghata, 
