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The Fall of King Mandhata
King Abhaduposadha was a great king with extensive
wealth and glory, but he was unsatisfied as he was
unable to have a son. He decides to seek the help of
mystical sages in the forest.
The sages give him enchanted water, and when he
drinks it a boy springs from his
head. Abhaduposadha names his son Mandhata.
Mandhata eventually succeeds his father, becoming a
wise king who has gained his throne through merit. He
is characterized as a chakravartin, or an ideal universal
ruler, as evidenced by his possession of the seven
treasures of this extraordinary group of kings: a wheel,
horse, gem, elephant, queen, minister, and general.
One day, as King Mandhata traveled through a distant
forest, he came across a flock of flightless birds whose
feathers had been taken by mystical sages for use in
magical practices. Vowing to protect the birds, King
Mandhata promised to “put out the "re of anger with
the water of patience” and rid the land of any sages
that would harm other living beings. The sages,
humiliated, sailed for the Island of the Golden
Mountain, home of the gods.
After expelling the sages, King Mandhata and his army
traveled through the sky in all four directions. By the
end of their trip, they had conquered all of the
continents of the human realm and began moving to
conquer the gods who lived on Mount Meru.
Mandhata and his army were initially meant with
resistence from the gods, who sent rolling oceans and
other obstacles against...LINK
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