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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. AT that time King Polajanaka had been dead for seven days. The deceased king had an only child in the person of Princess'Sivalidevi, who was endowed with foresight and the faculty of organization2. She, being an only child, was cherished and held in great esteem by her father. She was then free from the six feminine blemishes3, and now having attained an age when she should possess beauty, an item in the category of the five4 characteristics of woman, her figure was comely and graceful, and her features were beautiful. The term of kingship allotted him by his karma having expired, king Polajanaka stricken with a severe illness was lying on his death-bed5, when his ministers said to him thus: --"Great king7 in case8 you may pass away from this kingship to enjoy the bliss of the nat country whom shall we nominate as your successor?9 Do Lord, deign to name the person who is to be the partner of your daughter's happiness." King Polajanaka replied: "Ministers, I have never been prepossessed with an opinion that such and such a man deserves the hand of my daughter. Now, when I am dead, do not let birth or fortune be the standard of your choice. Whatsoever a man may be, so long as my daughter loves him, so long as his intellectual capacity is commensurate with his bodily strength--if you find a man answering such description, no matter to which caste he belongs--let him be the cosharer of this fair domain with my daughter.10" The ministers rejoined: "Great king, the general rule among us is, that if a man is endowed with mental-power and physical-power above the average he is looked upon as possessing these qualifications. And lord, unless you vouchsafe us a standard of this bala we shall be sorely puzzled in our choice." Then the king made answer: --..".


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217687058
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217687059
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 82 gr


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