When Kittikumāra, born in a needy family of Benares, had reached adolescence, King Brahmadatta sent him to fetch a thousand petal lotus blossom. 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 on the first day of the week, at the time of the evening drum. 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.
Nibbāna paccayo hontu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ.