Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Vol. 13: Part II; Thana
Puma. Goes to the Konkan, and, while he wanders about begging, he is met by a countryman who is starting to shoot deer. The hunter sees the ill-omened shaven-faced priest, and draws his bow to shoot him. Purna throws of? His outer robe and calls to the hunter, 'shoot, I have come to the Konkan to be a sacrifice.' The hunter, struck by his freedom from fear, spares his life and becomes his disciple. The new religion spreads. Many' men and women adopt a religious life, and 500 monasteries are built and furnished with hundreds of beds, seats, tapestries, figured cushions, and carved pedestals.
Puma becomes famous. A body of merchants in danger of shipwreck call on him for help, and he appears and stills the storm. On their return the merchants build a Buddhist temple in Separa.
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