Note 14 — The Story of Koṭā
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Then out of the five persons one said, “I will give powers for one hand to be created”; well then, for one hand to be created the Nāga Maiden gave powers. [For] the other hand to be created another Nāga Maiden gave powers. Also [for] the two feet to be created other two gave powers. The other Nāga Maiden’s robes (salu) Koṭā hid himself. Those four persons were conducted away14; one person stayed in that house (that is, the one whose clothes he had concealed).