Then that Mtilyavan wandering about in the wood in human form, passing under the name of Gunadhya, having served the king Satavahana, and having, in accordance with a vow, abandoned in his presence the use of Sanskrit and two other languages, with sorrowful mind came to pay a visit to Durga, the dweller in the Vindhya hills ; and by her orders he went and beheld Kanabhuti. Then he remembered his origin and suddenly, as it were, awoke from sleep ; and making use of the Paisacha language, which was different from the three languages he had sworn to forsake, he said to Kanabhuti, after telling him his own name ; " Quickly tell me that tale which you heard from Pushpadanta, in order that you and I together, my friend, may escape from our curse." Hearing that, Kanabhuti bowed before him, and said to him in joyful mood, " I will tell you the story, but great curiosity possesses me, my lord, first tell me all your adventures from your birth, do me this favour." Thus being entreated by him, Gunadhya proceeded to relate as follows :

In Pratishthana* there is a city named Supra tishthita ; in it there dwelt once upon a time an excellent Brahman named Somasarman, and he, my friend, had two sons Vatsa and Gulmaka, and he had also born to him a third child, a daughter named 'S'rutartha. Now in course of time, that Brahnian and his wife died, and those two sons of his remained taking care of their sister. And she suddenly became pregnant. Then Vatsa and Gulma began to suspect one another, because no other man came in their sister's way : thereupon S'rutartha, who saw what was in their minds, said to those brothers, " Do not entertain evil suspicions, listen, I will tell you the truth ; there is a prince of the name of Kirtisena, brother's son to Viisuki, the king of the Nagas ;f he saw me when I was going to bathe, thereupon he was overcome with love, and after telling me his lineage and his name, made me his wife by the Gandharva marriage ; he belongs to the Brahman race, and it is by him that I am pregnant." When they heard this speech of their sister's, Vatsa and Gulma said, " What confidence can we repose in all this ?" Then she silently called to mind that Naga prince,

Pratishthiina according to Wilson is celebrated as the capital of Salivahana. It is identifiable with Peytan on the Godavari. the Bathana or Paithana of Ptolemy, the capital of Siripolemaio.s. Wilson identifies this name with Salivahana, but Dr. Rost re- marks that Lassen more correctly identifies it with that of S'ri Pullman of the Andhra dynasty who reigned at Pratishthana after the overthrow of the house of Salivahana about 130 A. D. f Fabulous serpent-demons having the head of a man with the tail of a serpent. (Monicr Williaind, a. .)