gold before departing to meet Cārudatta in a park outside the city for a day’s outing. There she enters a fine carriage, but soon discovers that she is in a gharry belonging to Samsthānaka, who remains enraged by her previous affront and is madly jealous of the love and favor she shows to Cārudatta. Unable to persuade his henchmen to kill her, Samsthānaka sends his retinue away and proceeds to strangle Vasantasenā and hide her body beneath a pile of leaves. Still seeking vengeance, he promptly accuses Cārudatta of the crime. Though Cārudatta proclaims his innocence, his presence in the park along with his son's possession of Vasantasenā's jewels implicate the poverty-stricken man, and he is found guilty and condemned to death by King Pālaka. Unbeknownst to all, however, the body identified as Vasantasenā’s was actually another woman. Vasantasenā had been revived and befriended by a Buddhist monk who nursed her back to health in a nearby village. Just as Cārudatta faces execution, Vasantasenā appears and, seeing the excited crowd, intervenes in time to save him from execution and his wife from throwing herself onto the funeral pyre. Together the three declare themselves a family. Reaching the courts, Vasantasenā tells the story of her near death and, following her testimony, Samsthānaka is arrested and the good Prince Āryaka deposes the wicked King Pālaka. His first acts as the newly declared sovereign is to restore Cārudatta’s fortune and make him the king of Kusavati . Following this good will, Cārudatta demonstrates in the final act his enduring virtue and charity, appealing to the King for pardon on behalf of Samsthānaka who is subsequently declared free. And the Buddhist monk who saved the life of Vasantasenā is made the chief of all Vihars. Vasantasena is given the title of a wife. Everybody is happy, nobody has any grouse. Characters Cārudatta, an impoverished young Brahmin Vasantasenā, a courtesan in love with Cārudatta Maitreya, a poor Brahmin, Cārudatta’s friend Vardhamānaka, a servant in Cārudatta's house Radanikā, a maid in Cārudatta's house Dhuta, wife of Cārudatta Rohasena, Cārudatta's son Viṭa, a courtier in service of Vasantasenā Madanikā, Vasantasenā’s maidservant and confidant Mother of Vasantasenā Karnapūraka and Kumbhīlaka, Vasantasenā's servants Bastard pages in Vasantasenā's house King Pālaka Samsthānaka, Brother to one of the King's concubines also called sakaara Vita, a courtier in service of Samsthānaka Sthāvaraka, Samsthānaka's servant Āryaka, a herdsman and prince in exile who