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There lived once upon a time Gânasruti Pautrâyana (the great-grandson of Ganasruta), who was a pious giver, bestowing…
Once in the night some Hamsas (flamingoes) flew over his house, and one flamingo said to another: 'Hey, Bhallâksha, B…
The other answered him: 'How can you speak of him, being what he is (a râganya, noble), as if he were like Raikva wit…
The first replied: 'How is it with this Raikva with the car of whom thou speakest?' The other answered: 'As (in a gam…
Gânasruti Pautrâyana overheard this conversation, and as soon as he had risen in the morning, he said to his door kee…
The king said: 'As (in a game of dice), all the lower casts belong to him who has conquered with the Krita cast, so w…
The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, 'I found him not.' Then the king said: 'Alas! where a B…
The door-keeper came to a man who was lying beneath a car and scratching his sores. He addressed him, and said: 'Sir,…