Nanda, king of Benares, and Queen Candadevi had a son, Sunandha and seven daughters. When the seven princesses had reached puberty, the king had each one of them choose a husband. The youngest of the seven sisters chose to marry a needy young man named Sunanda. One day, the king sent his seven sons-in-law to trade in Singaraja where Sunanda obtained a magic gem which he concealed in dried cow dung. When he returned to Benares, people laughed at him until he took the gem out of its concealment and showed its powers. Seeing that his seventh son-in-law had probably accumulated great merits, the king gave him his throne.
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The eleventh waxing-moon day of the first [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week, CS 1243
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the evening drum while cows, buffalos, elephants, and horses were coming back home, on the eleventh waxing-moon day of the first [lunar] month, the sixth day of the week, CS 1243, a ruang sai year. Monk Gandha wrote the manuscript with his own hand.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu me metteyya santike anāgate kāle niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ
My handwriting is totally not beautiful although I practiced it very hard. The handwriting is big and italic like crabs’ nippers. Please be well careful when using this manuscript.