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3. Eating A Sword

Once upon a time when the great king Maddava was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born in a brahmin household. They called his name young Senaka. When he grew up he learned all the sciences at Takkasila, and coming back to Benares he became king Maddava’s counselor in things temporal and spiritual, and being called wise Senaka he was looked upon in all the city as the sun or the moon.