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235. The Bodhisatta And The Ten Questions

Once upon a time, when Janasandha was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as the son of his chief queen. His face was resplendent, wearing a look of auspicious beauty, like a golden mirror well polished. They named him as Adasamukha, Prince Mirror-face.

Within seven years his father made him to be taught the Three Vedas, and all the duties of this world; and then he died, when the lad was seven years old. The courtiers performed the king’s obsequies with great pomp, and made the offering for the dead; and on the seventh day they gathered together in the palace court, and talked together. The prince was very young, and he could not be made king.