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Vikramacarita (BR)
Part No. 15
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Chapter: S7 
7. Story of the Seventh Statuette
Two headless bodies brought to life by Vikrama

Brief Recension of 7 [this, in mss. of br, is 5]


Paragraph: 1 
Line: 1    atʰa pañcamyā putrikayo 'ktam: rājann ākarṇaya.
Line: 2    ekasmin samaye vikramārkasya samīpe ko 'pi deśāntarād vrātī samāgato vārttāṃ
Line: 3    cakāra: rājan, samudramadʰye dvīpam asti. tatra mahātapovanam asti. tatra
Line: 4    caṇḍīprāsādaḥ; tatra ramyaṃ strīpuruṣayugmam, kiṃ tu nirjīvam asti. tatra bʰittau
Line: 5    likʰitam asti: ko 'pi jana uttamāṅgam iha devyai nivedayati, tadā sajīvaṃ bʰavati.
Line: 6    etac cʰrutva rājā tasmin stʰāne gatavān, devyā āyatanaṃ prāptaḥ. tatra nirjīvaṃ
Line: 7    yugmaṃ dr̥ṣṭam. tad dr̥ṣṭvā rājñā nijakaṇṭʰe śastram dʰr̥tam. tāvad devī prādur
Line: 8    abʰut, rājā kare dʰr̥taḥ: rājan, prasannā varaṃ dadāmi; yatʰeṣṭaṃ vr̥ṇu. rājño
Line: 9     'ktaṃ. devīprasādād etad yugmaṃ sajīvaṃ bʰavatu. tatas tat sajīvaṃ jātam. rājā
Line: 10    svapuraṃ jagāma.
Line: 11    putrikayo 'ktam: rājann īdr̥śaṃ sattvaṃ yasya bʰavati, tenā 'tro 'paveṣṭavyam.

Line: 12    iti pancamī katʰā






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