The Forest of Thieves and The Magic Garden: An Anthology of Medieval Jain Stories

CONTENTS Translator's Note ix INTRODUCTION 1 1. ĀRDRAKUMĀRA 21 2. THE CHILDHOOD OF VAJRASVĀMIN 38 3. THE MONK SUKOŚALA 49 4. CELANĀ 57 5. BHADRABĀHU AND VARĀHA 61 6. THE GLORIOUS JĪVADEVA 69 7. AMARASIṂHA 76 8. ABHAYASIṂHA 84 9. DURGILĀ 95 10. SUNDARĪ 110 11. THE DEATH OF LAKṢMAṆA AND THE AWAKENING OF RĀMA 115 12. MAHĒŚVARADATTA 125 13. KUBERADATTA AND KUBERADATTĀ 128 14. SIDDHI AND BUDDHI 133 15. LOBHADEVA 137 16. DECEIVING THE DECEIVER 149 17. MOHADATTA 152 18. SANATKUMĀRA 169 19. THE PRINCE WHO LOVED SWEETMEATS 173 20. NALA AND DAMAYANTĪ 177 21. SIṂHIKĀ 224 22. ĀRYANANDILA 227 23. THE GODDESS AMBIKĀ 233 24. RUDRADATTA'S BELOVED 237 25. PADMALATĀ 243 26. MADANAKĪRTI 249 27. REVATĪ 256 28. ĀRĀMASOHĀ 264 29. DEVADHARA 292 30. DEVADINNĀ 315 31. VICE AND VIRTUE 341