When Kittikumāra, born in a needy family of Benares, had reached adolescence, King Brahmadatta sent him to fetch a thousand petal lotus blossoms. Bearing magic weapons given to him by Indra Kittikumāra reached the land of the yakşas where he married the king's daughter. Having learned from a hermit that the lotus he was looking for grew in Manorah's garden, Kittikumāra set out again and reached a lake in which seven kinnaris were bathing. After having married Manorah, Kittikumāra took the lotus blossom and brought it back to King Brahmadatta. When the king died, Kittikumāra was asked by the dignitaries to succeed him on the throne.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the forenoon horn, according to ceremonial and astrological experts, a kot san year, on the first day of the week. I wrote this manuscript for Buddhism so that the religion could be prolonged 5,000 years. May this merit support me and my family members.
Niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.