Charudatta of murdering Vasantasena for her money. In the course
of the trial, it appears that Vasantasena had spent the night of the
storm at Charudatta's house; that she had left the house the next
morning to meet Charudatta in the park; that there had been a
struggle in the park, which apparently ended in the murder of a
woman. Charudatta's friend, Maitreya, enters with the gems which
Vasantasena had left to buy Charudatta's son a toy cart of gold.
These gems fall to the floor during a scuffle between Maitreya and
Sansthanaka. In view of Charudatta's poverty, this seems to establish
the motive for the crime, and Charudatta is condemned to
death.