Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources — Chronicle
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Undated
Chapter I · In olden days
When it had become quite ripe and had broken, there came forth from it a boy
Chapter I · Once, while Prince Māndhātar was absent on a journey
he ordered the ministers to invest the prince with sovereign power.
Chapter I · Soon after the messenger had set out
Soon after the messenger had set out King Utposhadha died.
Chapter I · No sooner had King Māndhātar conceived this idea
the deity sent down a rain of twenty-seven kinds of seed.
Chapter I · No sooner had King Māndhātar conceived this idea
the deity let a rain of cotton fall.
Chapter I · No sooner had King Māndhātar conceived this idea
the deity sent down a rain of cotton thread.
Chapter I · No sooner had King Māndhātar conceived this idea
the deity sent down a rain of raiment.
Chapter I · Scarcely had this idea occurred to King Māndhātar
there began to fall within his palace a rain of precious stones which lasted for seven days
Chapter I · 📍 [[Sudharmā]]
No sooner had he conceived this idea than Śakra the king of the gods gave up to him half of his seat
Chapter I · While he was there
overcome, full of fear and trembling, they turned their backs and withdrew into the stronghold of the Asuras.
Chapter I · 📍 [[Jambudvīpa]] · As soon as he had conceived this idea
On his return to Jambudvīpa he was attacked by a violent illness
Chapter I · amid intolerable agonies
King Māndhātar, who possessed the seven treasures, who with a fourfold host of men acquired power over the four dvīpas, and made his way to the abode of the thirty-three gods, is said to have died before he had obtained satisfaction through the fivefold pleasures of sense.
Chapter I · 📍 [[the forest]] · Thereupon
many hundreds of thousands of men renounced house-life, retired from the world to the Rishis, and lived in the forest
Chapter II · As he sat meditating in this wise
King Mahāśakuni (Śakuni) Indra
Indra said, “O friend, I will send you a medicine. Let your wives drink of it, and thereby you will obtain sons and daughters.”
Chapter II
King Mahāśakuni (Śakuni) King Mahāśakuni’s chief wife
The queen washed the kuśa box and drank the water, whereupon she also became pregnant.
Chapter II · After eight or nine months had passed by
King Mahāśakuni’s chief wife Kuśa
After eight or nine months had passed by, all the wives gave birth to sons. The son to whom the chief wife gave birth possessed the eighteen signs of uncomeliness, a face like that of a lion, and an extremely strong body.
Chapter II · When the youth had overthrown the whole of them
When the youth had overthrown the whole of them, he went to his father, and told him that he had conquered all the kings, and the land was at peace. On hearing this, King Mahāśakuni rejoiced, and said to himself, “The youth Kuśa is strong and remarkably brave. Why should I dislike him?” And he began to take delight in him.
Chapter II
King Mahāśakuni (Śakuni) Kuśa The princess who became Kuśa’s wife King Viśvāmitra The king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002) The son of the king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002)
And he gave her to Kuśa, and celebrated his marriage with her in consonance with the constellation, the epoch, and the moment.
Chapter II · When Kuśa had gone
The princess who became Kuśa’s wife The princess’s mother King Viśvāmitra Kuśa
Thereupon her parents fetched her away.
Chapter II · Afterwards
Kuśa The cook who employed Kuśa (Chapter 002)
Afterwards he betook himself to the house of a cook, who said, “Who are you?” “I am the son of a cook.”
Chapter II · He next
Kuśa The doctor who employed Kuśa (Chapter 002)
He next went to a doctor, who said, “Who are you?” “A doctor’s son.”
Chapter II · When she became well
Kuśa The princess who became Kuśa’s wife
When she became well she cried out, “Piśācha! Piśācha!” Whereupon he fled.
Chapter II
Kuśa King Viśvāmitra The princess who became Kuśa’s wife The son of the king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002)
The princess thought, “As this youth Kuśa is excellently endowed with boldness and courage, why should I dislike him?” So she took a liking for him, and said to the king, “What you promised, that fulfil.”
Chapter II
Kuśa The princess who became Kuśa’s wife King Viśvāmitra
“Father,” she said, “this is the youth Kuśa himself.” “Go to him then, daughter, since that is so.”
Chapter II · 📍 [[Kuśinagara]]
Kuśa had a city built of the four precious stones, and it was named Kuśinagara, inasmuch as the youth Kuśa abode there. He became the mightily ruling Chakravartin Kuśa.
Chapter III
Then, according to the proverb which says that all which has been accumulated dwindles, and all that is high will meet with a fall, he died.
Chapter III
As all the problems were solved, the ministers made Ādarśamukha king, and he became a mighty monarch.
Chapter III
The landlady’s new-born child (Chapter 003)
But when she looked at it, the child was dead.
Chapter III · When ye were men
The snake who fought the ichneumon (Chapter 003) The ichneumon (Chapter 003)
When ye were men, ye were born as two brothers.
Chapter III
The snake who fought the ichneumon (Chapter 003) The ichneumon (Chapter 003)
The snake and the ichneumon, as well as the crow, made over their treasures to Daṇḍin.
Chapter IV · 📍 [[a hill-town]] · In olden times
The householder of the hill-town (Chapter 004) The householder's wife (Chapter 004)
In olden times there lived in a hill-town a householder, who married a wife of his own caste.
Chapter IV · 📍 [[a hill-town]]
The householder of the hill-town (Chapter 004) The householder's wife (Chapter 004) The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004)
When a son was born unto him, he said to his wife, “Goodwife, now that there is born unto us a causer of debts and diminisher of means, I will take merchandise and go to sea.”
Chapter IV · 📍 [[sea]]
The householder of the hill-town (Chapter 004)
So he went to sea with his merchandise, and there he died.
Chapter IV
The householder's wife (Chapter 004) The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) The weaver (Chapter 004)
So she said to the weaver, “O brother, teach this nephew of yours to weave.” He replied, “As that is right, I will do so.” The youth became his apprentice, and in a short time learnt the art of weaving, for he was sharp and quick.
Chapter IV · Once
The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) The weaver (Chapter 004)
The weaver saw that the lad was a great swindler, so he determined to carry out a theft along with him.
Chapter IV · Once
The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) The weaver (Chapter 004)
At that cry a great number of people assembled, who seized the weaver by his legs and began to pull him in. The youth, all by himself, could not succeed in pulling him out; but he cut off the weaver’s head and got away with it.
Chapter IV · 📍 [[the bay]] · after eight or nine months had elapsed
The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) The king's daughter (Chapter 004)
There he came ashore and said to the maiden, “If you utter a single cry you shall die.” In her fright she remained silent. He tarried awhile with her, and then went his way. The watchmen did not know what to do, seeing that she had made no noise while the thief tarried with her, and had not begun to cry till he had satisfied himself and gone away; but they gave the king a full account of what had taken place. The king said, “It is a bad business that he was not caught.” The result of the thief’s visit was that, after eight or nine months had elapsed, the princess bore a son.
Chapter IV
The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) The thief's son (Chapter 004) The king (Chapter 004)
As the boy walked with the wreath through the assembled crowds and closely observed them, he caught sight of the thief, and, in accordance with the incomprehensible sequence of human affairs, handed him the wreath. The king’s watchmen seized the thief and brought him before the king.
Chapter IV
The householder's son, the thief (Chapter 004) The king's daughter (Chapter 004) The king (Chapter 004)
Thereupon he endowed his daughter with ornaments of all sorts, and gave her to the thief as his wife, and bestowed upon her the half of his kingdom.
Chapter V · 📍 [[South Panchāla]]
The king of South Panchāla (Chapter 005)
As he was overweening and did not rule according to law, the deity did not let rain fall from time to time, on which account men, full of fear and despair, deserted the country in troops, and betook themselves to the realm of the king of North Panchāla.
Chapter V · Some time after this
The king of South Panchāla (Chapter 005)
The king of South Panchāla said, “Sirs, since this is so, I will protect the land with gentle, benignant, and merciful mind, ruling after the fashion of the king of North Panchāla; but do ye take such measures that the people may come back again and inhabit these towns and villages.”
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]] · within seven days
The serpent-charmer of South Panchāla (Chapter 005)
The serpent-charmer, experiencing pain and grief induced by anguish and fear of death, reversed the spell, whereupon the hunter instantly killed him.
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]] · When eight or nine months had gone by
King Dhana King Dhana’s unnamed wife (Chapter 005) Sudhana
When eight or nine months had gone by, a boy was born of noble form and lovely aspect, fair and gleaming like unto gold in colour
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]] · on the twenty-first day
When the question was raised as to what name should be given to the boy, the ministers said, “As this boy is the son of King Dhana, he must be named Sudhana;” and so the name of Sudhana was given to him.
Chapter V
King Dhana Sudhana Sudhana’s first wife (Chapter 005) Sudhana’s middle wife (Chapter 005) Sudhana’s last wife (Chapter 005)
His father bestowed upon him three wives—a first wife, a middle wife, and a last wife
Chapter V · After a time
Sudhana The first Brahman who attached himself to Dhana (Chapter 005)
The youth Sudhana replied, “As your companion has been appointed my father’s Purohita, I will appoint you also to be a Purohita.”
Chapter V · afterwards
Thereupon the king summoned the youth, and said to him, “O youth, march forth with the troops and subdue the mountaineers.”
Chapter V · Just at that time
Then they opened the gates, and went forth to meet the youth Sudhana, with banners and standards displayed, with full urns, and to the sound of all manner of instruments.
Chapter V · That same night
The first Brahman who attached himself to Dhana (Chapter 005) King Dhana Manoharā
If you, O king, are firm, you can bestow another wife on the discerning youth, and cause Manoharā to be put to death.”
Chapter V · After a time
When Manoharā was ordered to draw nearer, she immediately rose heavenwards, saying, “After being seized and bound, after having laughed and played, like a cow freed from its bonds, will I flee away.”
Chapter V · 📍 [[the Rishi’s hermitage]]
Manoharā The Rishi of the hermitage near Janmachitra’s lake (Chapter 005) Sudhana
Now then, if the youth Sudhana should happen to come here in search of me, give him my ring, and say to him these words:
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]] · When the youth entered his house
When he had learnt how cruelly his father had acted, he went to his mother, touched her feet, and said, “O mother, as Manoharā is not here, Manoharā who was endowed with every virtue that could be wished for, and endowed with admirable beauty, where then has she gone?
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]] · Then
Then the king ordered watchers to be set at the gates and outlets from the walls, in order to prevent the youth from going forth.
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]] · the whole night long
So he went forth by night to a spot where no watcher was, having attached to a standard such blue lotus garlands as men bind around their heads.
Chapter V · 📍 [[the hermitage of the Rishi]]
The Rishi of the hermitage near Janmachitra’s lake (Chapter 005) Sudhana
Then she gave me this ring and said, ‘As the way which leads to me is full of woe and hard to tread, he can turn back. But if he cannot bring himself to turn back, then you must direct him on his way.’
Chapter V · 📍 [[Hastināpura]]
As King Dhana had become aware that the prince possessed remarkable strength, manliness, and courage, he invested him with regal power.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Videha]]
He had five hundred ministers, with Śakala at their head, and through his chief minister Śakala he ruled in accordance with the law
Chapter VI · on the twenty-first day after his birth
Śakala Śakala’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006) Gopāla
After Śakala had taken to himself a wife of his own degree, and had lived with her, there was born unto him a son, to whom, on the twenty-first day after his birth, the name of Gopāla was given.
Chapter VI
Śakala Śakala’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006) Sim̃ha
After he had again lived with his wife, another son was born to him, to whom he gave the name of Sim̃ha.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]]
So he sent a messenger to the Liććhavis of Vaiśālī to ask if he might take up his abode under the shelter of their power.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · After Śakala had given his advice
But after Śakala had given his advice they framed their missives in a friendly tone.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · at her birth-feast
Sim̃ha Sim̃ha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006) Vāsavī
After Śakala had arranged marriages for his two sons, Gopāla and Sim̃ha, there was born unto Sim̃ha a daughter, to whom the name of Vāsavī was given at her birth-feast.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]]
Sim̃ha Sim̃ha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006) Upavāsavī
After Sim̃ha had again lived with his wife, a daughter was born to him, whose birth also was celebrated in the most festive manner, and to whom the name of Upavāsavī was given.
Chapter VI
Śakala sent for him, and commanded him, in order not to irritate the people, to retire to a certain hill district, and there to practise agriculture on his own lands.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · After he had held this post for a short time
After he had held this post for a short time, he also died.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Rājagṛha]]
So he went to Rājagṛha, and King Bimbisāra made him his first minister.
Chapter VI · When nine months had passed by
When nine months had passed by, a fine, good-looking boy was born, and on the day of his birth there fell a rain of blood.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · When seven days had elapsed
Mahānāman Mahānāman’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006) Āmrapālī
When seven days had elapsed, he caused the park to be cleared of all stones, gravel, and rubble, and to be sprinkled with sandal-water, very fragrant incense to be provided, many silken hangings to be set up, and flowers to be freely strewn around. Then he and his wife went out in great state to the park, surrounded by friends and acquaintances, to the sound of song and all kinds of music. After he had there sported, rejoiced, and enjoyed himself, the stem of the Kadalī tree burst, and there came into sight out of it a beautiful maiden, lovely to look upon, perfect in all parts of her body.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · After a time
So when the people had granted her five wishes, she became the property of the people for enjoyment.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · for seven days
So he enjoyed himself with her, and she became with child by him.
Chapter VI · when nine months had gone by
Now when nine months had gone by, Āmrapālī gave birth to a fine, good-looking boy.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Rājagṛha]] · When nine months had elapsed
The rich merchant of Rājagṛha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006) Jīvaka
When nine months had elapsed, the merchant’s wife gave birth to a fine, good-looking boy.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Rājagṛha]]
The prince brought him up, and as the king had asked if he was alive, and as Prince Abhaya had looked after his maintenance, the boy received the name of Jīvaka Kumārabhaṇḍa.
Chapter VI
As soon as a fourfold army had been equipped, he set out, discomfited the Pāṇḍavas of the borderland, took hostages and tribute from them, and then, having returned safely, handed over to the king what he had taken.
Chapter VI · 📍 [[Rājagṛha]] · At another time
So Jīvaka was seated upon an elephant, and with great pomp was installed king of the physicians.
Chapter VI · At the time when Ajātaśatru, impelled by Devadatta, the friend of vice
Prince Ajātaśatru King Bimbisāra
At the time when Ajātaśatru, impelled by Devadatta, the friend of vice, deprived of his life his father, the lawful king
Chapter VI
As he thus broke out in anger, his tumour gave way, and discharged upwards and downwards, its contents coming to light mixed with blood from the wound.
Chapter VI · for the third time
The ministers set him upon an elephant and with great pomp installed him for the third time as king of the physicians.
Chapter VII
Mṛgadhara Mṛgadhara’s first wife (Chapter 007)
Mṛgadhara, the first minister of King Prasenajit of Kośala, after he had married a wife of birth like unto his own, had seven sons.
Chapter VII · After his wife’s death
Mṛgadhara’s first wife (Chapter 007)
After his wife’s death he arranged marriages for his six elder sons,
Chapter VII · After his wife’s death
Mṛgadhara’s six elder sons (Chapter 007)
After his wife’s death he arranged marriages for his six elder sons,
Chapter VII · 📍 [[Śrāvastī]]
Mṛgadhara The Brahman friend of Mṛgadhara (Chapter 007)
The minister consented, and the Brahman went his way.
Chapter VII · 📍 [[Champā]]
Viśākhā’s mother (Chapter 007) Viśākhā
They said, “This being so, we will give our daughter.”
Chapter VII · 📍 [[a hill-village]] · at the end of nine months
The hill-village householder (Chapter 007) The hill-village householder’s concubine (Chapter 007) The hill-village householder’s son (Chapter 007)
But as that woman was quite pure, she became with child, and at the end of nine months bare a son.
Chapter VII · 📍 [[a hill-village]]
The hill-village householder’s concubine (Chapter 007) The hill-village householder’s wife (Chapter 007) The hill-village householder’s son (Chapter 007)
After she had taken charge of the boy
Chapter VII · 📍 [[a hill-village]] · After she had taken charge of the boy
The hill-village householder (Chapter 007)
After she had taken charge of the boy the father died.
Chapter VII · one day
King Prasenajit of Kośala Śrīvardhana
The king forgave him. “O king, if you forgive him, be pleased to restore him his position.” The king did so.
Chapter VII
Mṛgadhara Mṛgadhara’s second wife, daughter of Śrīvardhana (Chapter 007) Śrīvardhana
Thereupon Mṛgadhara, with great pomp, took her to himself as his wife.
Chapter VII
Mṛgadhara Viśākhā King Prasenajit of Kośala
The king said, “As Viśākhā has taken care of me also, I will, after consulting my grandmother, call her my sister.”
Chapter VII
The king’s grandmother (Chapter 007) Viśākhā
So he asked his grandmother, and she said that he might justly call Viśākhā by that name.
Chapter VII
King Aranemi Brahmadatta Balamitra
Balamitra was banished from the country by his grandfather on account of an offence, and he went to Champā.
Chapter VII
King Prasenajit of Kośala Mṛgadhara Viśākhā
The king gave orders that Viśākhā should be set upon an elephant, and that public proclamation should be made that she, Viśākhā, was Mṛgadhara’s mother and King Prasenajit’s sister.
Chapter VII · 📍 [[Pūrvārāma]]
In what had been a park she built a monastery, and made it over to the community of Bhikshus of the four parts of the world.
Chapter VII · on the seventh day
Viśākhā Mṛgadhara Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons (Chapter 007)
When Viśākhā had done all this, thirty-two boys made their appearance on the seventh day.
Chapter VII · One day
Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons (Chapter 007) The Purohita’s son (Chapter 007)
Then, as the Purohita’s son began to use abusive language, Viśākhā’s sons seized the pole of his chariot and upset him on a heap of rubbish.
Chapter VII · After a time
King Prasenajit of Kośala Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons (Chapter 007)
The king let them go forth with the fourfold army, and they overcame the hillmen, took from them hostages and tribute, and then came back.
Chapter VII · 📍 [[the palace]] · on the following day
King Prasenajit of Kośala Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons (Chapter 007)
Now the king had caused a strong poison to be put into the food. When they were stupefied thereby, he ordered their heads to be cut off.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Videhā]] · In olden times
Janaka Annapāna’s unnamed mother (Chapter 8)
He took unto himself a beautiful spouse, who bore him a son, to whom, as food and drink were abundant in the land, the name of Annapāna [Food-Drink] was given.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Videhā]] · When he had grown up
Janaka Annapāna Annapāna’s unnamed mother (Chapter 8)
The queen became arrogant on account of her son, and no longer complied with the king’s wishes.
Chapter VIII
Janaka the king of Aparāntaka (Chapter 8) the daughter of the king of Aparāntaka (Chapter 8)
The king of Aparāntaka granted his daughter, on the condition that if she gave birth to a son, that son was to be recognised as the heir to the throne.
Chapter VIII
Janaka the daughter of the king of Aparāntaka (Chapter 8)
So she likewise demanded that the son whom she expected should enjoy the succession to the throne.
Chapter VIII · A son was born
Janaka Rājyābhinanda the king of Aparāntaka (Chapter 8)
A son was born, to whom the name of Rājyābhinanda was given, on account of the longing for royal power which had been entertained even before his birth.
Chapter VIII · At length
the king of Aparāntaka (Chapter 8) Janaka
At length the youth’s grandfather sent a message to King Janaka, and threatened to make his appearance with a mighty army.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Panchāla]] · When Annapāna heard of this
Annapāna Annapāna’s unnamed mother (Chapter 8)
When Annapāna heard of this, he went to his mother, informed her of the evil tidings, and told her that he was about to go to Panchāla. And thither he went.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Panchāla]]
Annapāna the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8)
The king gave him the hand of his daughter, and bestowed lands upon him.
Chapter VIII
Annapāna the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) Bahvannapāna
The son who was born of this marriage was named Bahvannapāna.
Chapter VIII · Annapāna fell ill
Annapāna the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) Bahvannapāna the Purohita (Chapter 8)
Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.
Chapter VIII · One day
Bahvannapāna the Purohita (Chapter 8) the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
In his mother’s absence he looked about, and saw the cock in a saucepan with its head uppermost. So he cut off the head and ate it.
Chapter VIII
the Purohita (Chapter 8) Bahvannapāna the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
Therefore the Purohita determined to put the boy to death.
Chapter VIII
the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8) Bahvannapāna
So she told her son that, as he had acted wrongly in eating the cock’s head, he must leave the country with all speed, and betake himself to his grandfather’s land, where he had relatives. The son fled to Videha
Chapter VIII · A little before that time
He succumbed to it, and thereby was the reigning family brought to an end.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Videha]]
Bahvannapāna Janaka Rājyābhinanda
As the extinct royal family was renewed in him, he also received the name of Janaka, and his former name of Bahvannapāna fell into disuse.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Pūrṇakatshtshha]]
Janaka Mahaushadha Pūrṇa the mother of Mahaushadha (Chapter 8)
When the boy came into the world and his birth-feast was celebrated, the name of Mahaushadha (Great Remedy) was given to him at the request of his mother
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Pūrṇakatshtshha]]
Then the king wrote to him and made him come to him, conferred upon him the village, and bade him henceforth carefully watch over the child
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[the forest]] · After the Brahman came back
Mahaushadha the old Brahman who travelled with his young wife (Chapter 8) the young wife of the old Brahman (Chapter 8) the rogue who carried off the Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8)
As Mahaushadha now perceived that the rogue had deluded and carried off the Brahman’s wife, he gave orders that he should be chastised by blows from sticks and fists, and that he should then be set fast up to the neck in a hole
Chapter VIII · After Mahaushadha had been appointed a minister
the king was much pleased, and he arrayed Mahaushadha in fine robes of various kinds, and bestowed upon him the power of a minister
Chapter VIII · The next day
Mahākarṇa the learned Brahman who returned with gold (Chapter 8) the learned Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8) Mahaushadha
Mahākarṇa was so terrified that he begged for mercy with a contrite heart, promising to repay all. Going home, he fetched the money, tied up just as it had been, and handed it over to Mahaushadha, who gave it to the Brahman.
Chapter VIII
King Janaka was so highly pleased that he gave his daughter in marriage to Mahaushadha, who lived with her happily.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[the mountain forest Kaksha]]
Mahaushadha Viśākhā (Chapter 008) the carpenter who is Viśākhā’s father (Chapter 8) the mother of Viśākhā (Chapter 8)
Thereupon Mahaushadha offered hospitality to the Brahmans, and he received the maiden as his wife.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[Videha]] · When Mahaushadha arrived in the city
Janaka Mahaushadha Viśākhā (Chapter 008)
“Except me,” said the king, “is there any man equal to you? And why? Because you are my chief minister. Therefore marry her to my great pleasure.”
Chapter VIII
Janaka the daughter of Janaka (Chapter 8) Mahaushadha
In order to sift this matter thoroughly, the king ordered his executioners to put Mahaushadha to death.
Chapter VIII
Janaka Mahaushadha the daughter of Janaka (Chapter 8)
When all this was made clear to the eyes of the king, he rejoiced, and gave orders that Mahaushadha should be released, and he heaped upon him tokens of honour.
Chapter VIII · Next day
Mahaushadha Viśākhā (Chapter 008) the six ministers (Chapter 8)
When the king had looked in, and had seen the six ministers with their hair and beards shorn, and their hands and feet drawn together, he laughed
Chapter VIII
Janaka the daughter of the king of Panchāla named Aushadhī (Chapter 8) Mahaushadha
King Janaka, having obtained the maiden as his wife, lived with her in happiness and love.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[the royal palace]]
the king of Panchāla (Chapter 8) the parrot Māṭhara (Chapter 8) Charaka
When its tail had been wrapped in cotton and drenched with mustard-oil, and when all this had been set on fire, and the bird was let go to fly up into the air, it set the whole of the royal palace in a blaze, and then dived under water.
Chapter VIII · Next day
the king of Panchāla (Chapter 8) Charaka
The king of Panchāla in his rage plucked it quite bare, made a mere lump of flesh of it, and with the words, “Go and get eaten,” flung it out of the window. Thereupon a falcon snapped it up.
Chapter VIII · Next day
Charaka the king of Panchāla (Chapter 8)
You must bring day by day as an offering of food a whole measure full of red raw meat, sesamum, and rice porridge.
Chapter VIII · 📍 [[the park]] · After a time
Janaka the six ministers (Chapter 8) Mahaushadha the parrot Māṭhara (Chapter 8)
But the parrot Māṭhara reported all it had heard to Mahaushadha, and he reported it to the king, who banished those ministers from the country.
Chapter IX · 📍 [[Nyagrodhika]]
Nyagrodha Nyagrodha’s unnamed mother (Chapter 009) Nyagrodha’s unnamed father (Chapter 009)
At length he betook himself to that Nyagrodha tree, and after he had implored its aid you were born, and for that reason was the name of Nyagrodha bestowed upon you.
Chapter IX · 📍 [[Nyagrodhika]] · After the lapse of eight or nine months
Nyagrodha Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
Thereupon the god’s son gave his consent and entered the womb of Nyagrodha’s wife. After the lapse of eight or nine months a fine boy was born and his birth-feast was solemnised.
Chapter IX · When he had grown up
Nyagrodha Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
When he had grown up, and had partaken of instruction in all Brahman learning, his father intrusted him with the instruction of five hundred Brahmans’ sons.
Chapter IX
Nyagrodha Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
So he said to his son, “O son, as this is the law of the world, a wife must be taken for the maintenance of the race.”
Chapter IX · 📍 Kapila
Nyagrodha Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) Kapila Kapila’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā)
Thereupon the parents betrothed their daughter to the Brahman youth Nyagrodhaja, having previously bathed and put on white garments, and the prayers for good fortune and happy results having been uttered by the Brahmans.
Chapter IX · 📍 Kapila
Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā)
After Nyagrodhaja and Kapila’s daughter Bhadrā had held counsel together thereon, he went back to Nyagrodhika.
Chapter IX
Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā)
Then said Nyagrodhaja to Kapila’s daughter Bhadrā, “O Bhadrā, remember the previously taken vow.” And just the same did Bhadrā also say to Nyagrodhaja. After they had thus admonished one another, they lived together like a mother and a son.
Chapter IX · After the young couple had gone on living for some time in this fashion
Nyagrodha Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009)
After the young couple had gone on living for some time in this fashion, the two old people died.
Chapter IX · After dividing all his property among ministers, friends, relations, and connections
Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā)
Thereupon they two went away from the house together.
Chapter IX · 📍 [[Rāajagṛiha]]
He received her, and she entered among the Nirgranthas.
Chapter IX · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]] · At the time of the festival of the meeting of the Nāgarājas Girika and Sundara
Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā) Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
He sent her to Mahāprajāpatī, who received her.
Chapter IX · At length
At length Bhadrā became an Arhantin, and Mahākāśyapa gave her back her liberty to collect alms for herself.
Chapter IX · Now, when Ajātaśatru had killed his father
Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā) Prince Ajātaśatru
Then he conducted her to the king, who fell passionately in love with her as soon as he saw her, and enjoyed himself with her.
Chapter IX · 📍 [[the palace]] · When she reappeared at the palace
Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā) Prince Ajātaśatru
He fell at her feet, and she granted him the forgiveness for which he prayed.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Takshaśilā]]
The householder of Takshaśilā, father of Utpalavarṇā (Chapter 010)
After the death of Utpalavarṇā’s father, her mother, who had food and clothing in plenty, experienced amorous desires.
Chapter X · After the death of Utpalavarṇā’s father
The householder of Takshaśilā’s wife (Chapter 010) The second householder of Takshaśilā (Chapter 010)
Understanding the hints she gave him, he complied with her desires.
Chapter X
When the maid got back, she found that her mistress had given birth to a daughter
Chapter X
Utpalavarṇā The second householder of Takshaśilā (Chapter 010) Utpalavarṇā’s first daughter (Chapter 010)
With these words she flung her new-born daughter to her husband. The babe glanced off from the father’s body and fell on the threshold, whereby its head was wounded. But Utpalavarṇā veiled herself and left the house.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Mathurā]]
Utpalavarṇā The caravan-leader who married Utpalavarṇā
So he took her to wife, and when they at length came to Mathurā, he left her there.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Takshaśilā]]
The caravan-leader who married Utpalavarṇā Utpalavarṇā’s first daughter (Chapter 010)
The merchants gave an assurance that this would not be the case, and then the girl was made over to them, and the caravan-leader married her.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Takshaśilā]]
The caravan-leader who married Utpalavarṇā The Gandhāra woman brought by the caravan-leader
Moreover, he related to her how her husband had brought with him from Takshaśilā a Gandhāra woman whose feet she was not worthy to wash.
Chapter X
Utpalavarṇā The Gandhāra woman brought by the caravan-leader
Then Utpalavarṇā thought, “As there I was mother and joint-wife, and here my daughter is joint-wife, I must anyhow depart.” So she veiled her head and went away from the house.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]]
Utpalavarṇā laid aside her head-dress and straightway went unto them.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · After a time
When the courtesans saw this, they were astonished and said, “This Gandhāra woman has splendidly beguiled the young grocer,” and they named her their mistress.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · After having for some time led a life of pleasure in the company of the other courtesans
When at the end of nine months Utpalavarṇā had given birth to a son, she reflected that women who had young children were avoided by men.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · When the morning came
Utpalavarṇā The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010) The eastern warder of Vaiśālī (Chapter 010) The eastern warder’s wife (Chapter 010)
Seeing the child, he took it up in his arms, and carried it to his wife, saying, “Good wife, there is a son for you.”
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · Some time after the birth of her son
Utpalavarṇā The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010) The western warder of Vaiśālī (Chapter 010) The western warder’s wife (Chapter 010)
Her maid abandoned the child by the roadside near the western warder’s house, and he took it to his wife, who received it joyfully.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · Afterwards
Utpalavarṇā The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010) The Liććhavis
As the eastern warder had for a long time been of service to them, they consented to give the courtesan to his son, in case he loved her.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · Thereupon
Utpalavarṇā The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010)
Thereupon the eastern warder’s son, their permission being assured to him, was no longer alarmed, and made Utpalavarṇā his wife.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · About that time
The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010) The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010)
So the western warder, in accordance with the agreement, gave his daughter to the eastern warder’s son as his wife.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · About that time
Utpalavarṇā The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010) The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010)
And when he saw the warder’s daughter-in-law, he cried, “O daughter, your fellow-wife is your mother. Your husband is your brother.”
Chapter X · 📍 [[Vaiśālī]] · When Utpalavarṇā had lived some time with her husband
Utpalavarṇā The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010) The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010) Utpalavarṇā’s son by the eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010)
“Your son,” replied the maid, “whom I exposed at the east gate is now your husband. Your daughter, whom I exposed at the west gate, is now your fellow-wife.”
Chapter X · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]]
As a caravan was just setting out for Rājagṛiha, she attached herself to it, and travelled along with it to Rājagṛiha, where she lived as before as a courtesan.
Chapter X · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]] · Then
Utpalavarṇā Āyushmant Maudgalyāyana
And by the words which he spoke was Utpalavarṇā so affected that she besought him to instruct her in the doctrine. He did so, and she recognised the four truths.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[Takshaśilā]]
Gautama The householder of Takshaśilā, friend of Gautama (Chapter 011)
A rich householder of Vārāṇasī named Gautama, who travelled with goods to Takshaśilā, contracted a friendship there with another householder, and the two men made an agreement that their children should marry each other.
Chapter XI
To Gautama was born a daughter, who received the name of Kṛiśā Gautamī.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[Madhyadeśa]] · After some time
The old courtesan’s daughter (Chapter 011) The merchant from Takshaśilā (Chapter 011)
Then he perceived that he had really taken a courtesan to wife, and consequently that he had been duped.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The merchant from Takshaśilā (Chapter 011) The old courtesan’s daughter (Chapter 011)
Then she gave him back all the goods which he had brought with him. After that the merchant, with very great joy, took Kṛiśā Gautamī to wife.
Chapter XI · When the time came for the wife to expect her confinement
Kṛiśā Gautamī The merchant from Takshaśilā (Chapter 011) The son of Kṛiśā Gautamī and the weaver (Chapter 011)
When the time came for the wife to expect her confinement, her husband allowed her, at her request, to go to her parents’ house, in order that she might there be cared for by her mother. After her confinement and the naming of her boy, she returned with him to her husband.
Chapter XI · when they had gone half-way
Kṛiśā Gautamī The merchant from Takshaśilā (Chapter 011) Kṛiśā Gautamī’s younger son (Chapter 011)
but when they had gone half-way she gave birth to a boy.
Chapter XI
The merchant from Takshaśilā (Chapter 011)
While he was completely overcome by slumber, a snake bit him, and he died.
Chapter XI · while she was in the middle of the river
Kṛiśā Gautamī’s younger son (Chapter 011)
But while she was in the middle of the river, the younger boy was carried off by a jackal.
Chapter XI
Kṛiśā Gautamī’s elder son (Chapter 011)
The elder boy thought that his mother was calling him, and sprang into the water. The bank was very steep, so he fell down and was killed.
Chapter XI
Kṛiśā Gautamī Kṛiśā Gautamī’s elder son (Chapter 011)
She hastened after him, and found that he also was dead.
Chapter XI · at that time
Kṛiśā Gautamī Gautama Gautama’s unnamed wife (Chapter 011)
her parents, along with their numerous domestics, were destroyed by a hurricane, only one man escaping with his life.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[a hill village]]
Kṛiśā Gautamī The young weaver (Chapter 011)
Although at first she opposed the idea, yet at last she gave in, and the marriage took place.
Chapter XI · When her child was born
Kṛiśā Gautamī The young weaver (Chapter 011) The son of Kṛiśā Gautamī and the weaver (Chapter 011)
When her child was born she opened the door, and as soon as her husband came in she joyfully told him of the birth of their son.
Chapter XI
Kṛiśā Gautamī The young weaver (Chapter 011) The son of Kṛiśā Gautamī and the weaver (Chapter 011)
Overcome by this cruelty, she threw the child into the boiling oil. When it was cooked he ordered her to take it out and eat its flesh.
Chapter XI · When her husband’s rage was appeased
Kṛiśā Gautamī The young weaver (Chapter 011)
When her husband’s rage was appeased, and he was full of remorse and overcome by sleep, Kṛiśā Gautamī took as much food as she could carry, and went away.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
Kṛiśā Gautamī The caravan-leader from the north (Chapter 011)
The caravan-leader made her his wife.
Chapter XI · Soon afterwards
Kṛiśā Gautamī The caravan-leader from the north (Chapter 011) The robber chief (Chapter 011)
Soon afterwards the travellers were suddenly attacked by robbers, in fighting with whom the caravan-leader was killed
Chapter XI
Kṛiśā Gautamī The robber chief (Chapter 011)
and Kṛiśā Gautamī became the wife of the robber chief.
Chapter XI
Kṛiśā Gautamī The robber chief (Chapter 011) The king of the country where the robber chief was killed (Chapter 011)
But in his turn the robber found his death at the hands of the king of that country, and Kṛiśā Gautamī was transferred to the king’s zenana.
Chapter XI
Kṛiśā Gautamī The king of the country where the robber chief was killed (Chapter 011)
The king died, and she was buried alive in his tomb
Chapter XI
but Kṛiśā Gautamī escaped from the grave through the opening which they had made.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[Śrāvastī]]
Kṛiśā Gautamī The Buddha Bhagavant
There, at the sight of Bhagavant, she recovered her intellect.
Chapter XI · 📍 [[Śrāvastī]]
The Buddha Bhagavant Kṛiśā Gautamī
he taught her the doctrine, and admitted her into the ecclesiastical body, and he appointed her the chief of the Bhikshuṇīs who had embraced discipline.
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The merchant who married in Vārāṇasī (Chapter 012) The merchant's wife who became Suparṇa's wife (Chapter 012)
While they were on the voyage their ship was upset by a sea-monster. The husband perished, but the wife escaped on a plank
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Kaśerudvīpa]]
The merchant's wife who became Suparṇa's wife (Chapter 012) Suparṇa
was driven by the wind to Kaśerudvīpa, where dwelt the bird-king Suparṇa, who made her his wife.
Chapter XII
The merchant's wife who became Suparṇa's wife (Chapter 012) The merchant's wife's unnamed first son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012)
She bare him first a very beautiful boy
Chapter XII
The merchant's wife who became Suparṇa's wife (Chapter 012) The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012)
and then a young bird Suparṇa
Chapter XII · after his father’s death
The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) Suparṇa
who, after his father’s death, was installed king of the birds.
Chapter XII
The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) The original King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (Chapter 012)
so he carried off King Brahmadatta in his claws, and flung him into the sea
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (the elder brother installed by Suparṇa)
then he set on the throne in his place his own brother, arrayed in all splendour
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (the elder brother installed by Suparṇa)
The name of Brahmadatta was given likewise to the new king
Chapter XII · Immediately after this utterance
The herdswoman near the palace (Chapter 012)
Immediately after this utterance the elephant brought forth.
Chapter XII
King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (the elder brother installed by Suparṇa) The herdswoman near the palace (Chapter 012)
This daughter, named Suśroṇī, he took as his wife
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Kaśerudvīpa]] · every day
King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (the elder brother installed by Suparṇa) The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012)
Suparṇa agreed to this
Chapter XII
The Brahman youth who fathered Āśuga (Chapter 012) The Kinnarī who bore Āśuga (Chapter 012) Āśuga
She bore him a son, who was called Āśuga (Swiftfoot), because he ran everywhere so swiftly.
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
Āśuga The Brahman youth who fathered Āśuga (Chapter 012)
Then he pushed the rock on one side, and they two reached Vārāṇasī.
Chapter XII · One day
The Brahman teacher of Āśuga (Chapter 012) Āśuga
The Brahman in a rage seized the youth Āśuga by the neck and turned him out of the house.
Chapter XII · one day
whereupon the ship began to bound in the air and capsized, whereby the whole of the merchants lost their lives.
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Kaśerudvīpa]] · every day
The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012)
Then she and Āśuga got on Suparṇa’s back together.
Chapter XII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012) King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (the elder brother installed by Suparṇa)
Then he ordered Suśroṇī and the blind man to be driven out of the city, riding upon the same ass.
Chapter XII
The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012) Āśuga
The robber chief said to Suśroṇī, “Why should you have to do with a blind man? We will turn him out and then live together.” She agreed to this.
Chapter XII
The robber chief Āśuga
The robber chief flung the blind man down from the wall, and the townspeople struck off his head.
Chapter XII · 📍 [[the river Karada]] · Next day
The robber chief The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012)
He went off with her things, but she crawled naked into the thick grass.
Chapter XII
The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012) The old jackal carrying a piece of flesh
“I will do it, see if I do not. Go into the water, immerse thyself in it up to thy neck, and remain there with thy face turned towards the east. I will go and petition the king.”
Chapter XII · 📍 [[the royal palace]]
King Brahmadatta of Vārāṇasī (the elder brother installed by Suparṇa) The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012)
The ministers made their appearance with clothes and ornaments, and the king restored her to her former position.
Chapter XII · Every day
The herdswoman's daughter Suśroṇī (Chapter 012) The old jackal carrying a piece of flesh
She was alarmed, and continued to give it a piece of meat every day.
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]]
Girika Sundara The Buddha Bhagavant
So they went to Bhagavant, paid honour with their heads to his feet, and seated themselves on the ground. Then Bhagavant confirmed them in refuge-seeking and in the basis of doctrine
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[the ocean]]
Girika Sundara
So they produced on the spot a mighty jet of water, and betook themselves into small canals, and from the small canals into great canals, and from the great canals into small rivers, and from the small rivers into great rivers, and from the great rivers into the ocean.
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]] · At that same time
At that same time the five hundred warm springs in Rājagṛiha, the rivers, lakes, and pools, inasmuch as the deity no longer sent them from time to time a fulness of water, began to dry up, and the crops began to perish.
Chapter XIII
King Bimbisāra Girika Sundara
Thereupon Bhagavant informed him that those two householders whom he had sent out of the country were precisely those two Nāgarājas
Chapter XIII · on the eighth, fourteenth, and fifteenth days of the month
King Bimbisāra Girika Sundara
So when the king met the two Nāgarājas in the presence of Bhagavant, he followed his instructions, and received the pardon he asked for.
Chapter XIII · every six months
King Bimbisāra Girika Sundara
He built the two temples, the one for Girika, and the other for Sundara, and he founded a festival to be held every six months.
Chapter XIII · On the day on which Bhagavant the Bodisat was born
When after the lapse of ten months Bhagavant the Bodisat was born, leaving the mother’s womb, then likewise did the great earth quake, and the bright radiance ensued.
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Śrāvastī]] · On the day on which Bhagavant the Bodisat was born
In Śrāvastī truly to King Aranemi Brahmadatta there was born a son whom he called Prasenajit
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]] · On the day on which Bhagavant the Bodisat was born
King Bimbisāra King Mahāpadma Queen Bimbī
In Rājagṛiha there was born to King Mahāpadma a son whom he called Bimbisāra, because he was the son of Queen Bimbī
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Kauśāmbī]] · On the day on which Bhagavant the Bodisat was born
In Kauśāmbī there was born to King Śatānīka a son whom he named Udajana
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Videha]] · On the day on which Bhagavant the Bodisat was born
In Videha there was born to King Anantanemi a son, whom he called Pradyota
Chapter XIII
King Suddhodana The Buddha Bhagavant
As King Suddhodana reflected that all things had attained their ends in consequence of the birth of his son, that son ought to receive the name of Sarvārthasiddha, and he called him by that name accordingly.
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[the forest]] · for six years
he retired into the forest and devoted himself for six years to penance.
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Bodhimaṇḍa]] · after he had practised penance for the space of six years
How then Bhagavant the Bodisat, after he had, at the midnight hour by means of the wheel of mildness overcome Māra and the host of three hundred and sixty millions of demons, attained to the supreme perfection of insight
Chapter XIII
Thereby the performers and the assembled crowds were confirmed in the faith.
Chapter XIII · 📍 [[Rāajagṛiha]] · on the day when the festival of the Nāgarājas Girika and Sundara was celebrated
The actor
And the actor made a large profit.
Chapter XIII
The actor
The actor begged for pardon, for he got his living by his performances.
Chapter XIII
The actor
To which demand the actor yielded, from fear of farther interference.
Chapter XIV · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]] · in long past days
King Brahmadatta Brahmavatī Abja
There she gave birth to a fine boy, who was endowed with recollection of his previous existence. As he was born on the water, the name of Abja (water-born) was given to him.
Chapter XIV
So he determined to evade the sovereignty by means of an artifice, and he pretended to be a cripple.
Chapter XIV · 📍 [[the forest]]
Then said King Brahmadatta to the executioners, “I deliver unto you the prince, go, bury him in a hole in the forest.”
Chapter XIV · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The prince entered the city on foot, and when he came to where the king was, he showed him reverence, and said in ślokas—
Chapter XIV
Remembering those terrible pangs, I do not wish to reign again, and therefore I beseech you, O my father, to allow me to renounce the world.”
Chapter XIV · 📍 [[the forest]]
King Brahmadatta Abja The five hundred ministers’ sons (Chapter 014)
When the king heard these words of his son he embraced him with tearful eyes, and not only bade him behave according to his wish, but also allowed him to take all his young companions with him into the forest.
Chapter XIV · 📍 [[the forest]]
There he who had hitherto been called the Dumb Cripple received the name of the Dumb Teacher.
Chapter XIV · On the death of the Rishi under whom he had taken the vows
Abja The Rishi under whom Abja took the vows (Chapter 014)
On the death of the Rishi under whom he had taken the vows he succeeded to his privileges,
Chapter XV · When the time came for her to bring forth
The gazelle doe (Chapter 015) Ṛshyaśringa
When the time came for her to bring forth, she went to that place and there gave birth to a boy. When she had smelt it, and perceived that it was a creature that did not resemble herself, she was terrified, and deserted it.
Chapter XV · 📍 [[his hermitage]]
The Rishi (Chapter 015) Ṛshyaśringa
When the Rishi came to that place and saw the child, he began to consider whose child it could be, and perceived that it was his own child. So he took it with him into his hermitage and there brought it up.
Chapter XV · 📍 [[this hermitage]] · shortly before his decease
When he saw that he must die, he spake shortly before his decease to the boy as follows:—
Chapter XV
The youth burnt the Rishi’s corpse in the usual manner, and then, as he mourned, being depressed by grief at the loss of his father, he became possessed of the five kinds of insight.
Chapter XV · from this day
As my full water pitcher has been broken in consequence of your bad behaviour, you shall not let rain fall for twelve years from this day.
Chapter XV · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The king of Vārāṇasī (Chapter 015)
On account of this curse the deity let no rain fall. A great famine consequently arose in Vārāṇasī, and its inhabitants emigrated in all directions.
Chapter XV
The king of Vārāṇasī (Chapter 015) Śāntā
The king allowed her and other women to be taught mystic lore by the Brahmans, and a hermitage to be constructed on a ferry-boat.
Chapter XV · 📍 [[the pleasure-ground on board the ferry-boat]]
When he had become intoxicated with wine, and seduced by the alluring substances, he gave himself up to pleasure with the women, and his magic power vanished.
Chapter XV
The king of Vārāṇasī (Chapter 015) Śāntā Ṛshyaśringa
The king gave Śāntā to the Rishi as his wife, together with her attendants.
Chapter XV · Thereupon
Thereupon he again devoted himself to ascetic exertion, and once more became possessed of the five kinds of insight.
Chapter XVI · after a space of eight or nine months
King Viśvāmitra’s unnamed wife (Chapter 016) Viśvaṇtara King Viśvāmitra
It came to pass that his wife conceived, and, after a space of eight or nine months, gave birth to a fine, well-formed, handsome boy
Chapter XVI · Another time
Viśvaṇtara Rājyavardhana King Viśvāmitra
the Bodisat swiftly alighted from the splendid elephant, and having presented that most splendid elephant to them with the utmost good humour
Chapter XVI · When it became known
he sent for Prince Viśvaṇtara, and ordered him to quit the country.
Chapter XVI · Thereupon
As soon as she had heard his words she joined the palms of her hands, and, with heart fearful of being parted from the loved one, she said to the Bodisat, “O lord, if this be so, I too will go into the penance-forest.
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the forest]] · After saying these words
Viśvaṇtara Madrī Prince Kṛishṇa Princess Jālinī
After saying these words he went away, mounted a chariot along with his son, daughter, and wife, and went forth from the good city
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the penance-forest]] · One day
Viśvaṇtara Prince Kṛishṇa Princess Jālinī The Brahman who received Viśvaṇtara’s children (Chapter 016)
he gave his two children to the Brahman
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the hermitage]] · When Madrī had set off for the hermitage
Viśvaṇtara Madrī Prince Kṛishṇa Princess Jālinī
A Brahman came to me full of hope. To him have I given the two children.
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the hermitage]]
Viśvaṇtara Madrī The Brahman who requested Madrī (Chapter 016)
Then he took Madrī by the hand, and said to that Brahman: “Receive, O most excellent Brahman, this my dear wife
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the hermitage]] · After these words had been spoken
Madrī Śakra
I am the King of the Gods, Śakra, the subduer of the Asuras.
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the hermitage]] · After these words had been spoken
Madrī Śakra Viśvaṇtara
I give you Madrī for your service. You must not give her to any one.
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the city]] · Afterwards
Prince Kṛishṇa Princess Jālinī The Brahman who received Viśvaṇtara’s children (Chapter 016) King Viśvāmitra
he entered the selfsame city from which they had departed, and there set to work to sell the children.
Chapter XVI · 📍 [[the city]] · Now, when King Viśvāmitra was dead
There they installed him as king.
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]] · In long past times
He took to wife the daughter of another king, and lived with her.
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]] · after the lapse of eight or nine months
she gave birth to a very fine boy.
Chapter XVII · After some time
When Sarjarasin had died and his body had been burned with all pomp, Sūryanemi was consecrated as king.
Chapter XVII · When Sarjarasin had died
When Sarjarasin had died and his body had been burned with all pomp, Sūryanemi was consecrated as king.
Chapter XVII · When Sarjarasin had died
Goshṭhila remonstrated against this, saying: “O king, is it just to put her to death rashly? Who can tell whether she will bear a son or a daughter? If a son is born, he shall be put to death.” King Sūryanemi ordered him to act in accordance with this saying, and to keep watch over the queen. So Goshṭhila took her to his own house
Chapter XVII · after eight or nine days
Dharmikā The fisherman’s wife (Chapter 017) The fisherman’s daughter (Chapter 017) The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) Goshṭhila
So Goshṭhila took her to his own house, where, after eight or nine days, she gave birth to a son. That same day a fisherman’s wife gave birth to a girl. Immediately after the confinement Goshṭhila, who had gained over the fisherman’s wife with money, exchanged the children
Chapter XVII · When he had grown up
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) The fisherman’s wife (Chapter 017)
The boy was suckled and brought up by the fisherwoman. When he had grown up he learnt reading and writing, and as he took to making verses, he was called the verse-writing fisher-lad.
Chapter XVII
Goshṭhila Dharmikā The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
Goshṭhila informed Dharmikā that she had a son who was a poet
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]] · When the youth entered the palace
Sūryanemi The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
So he ordered the ministers to lay hands on him in order that he might not escape.
Chapter XVII
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
He took to the water, and was conveyed by the Nāgas to their residence.
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[the Pingala-wilderness]]
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) Sūryanemi
The Nāgas said to them, “Honoured ones, he on whose account ye have troubled us has been put to death by our contrivance, for he has fled into the Pingala-wilderness.”
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[the Pingala wilderness]]
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) Pingala
The dogs thought that it was the youth who had fallen down, so they ate up the Yaksha Pingala and went away.
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[a grove]] · after wandering to and fro
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) The poet fisher-lad’s uncle (Chapter 017)
By means of inquiries the youth gradually made his way thither, and he informed his uncle of his relationship to him, and took up his abode with him.
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[the Rishi-grove]] · After a while
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) The poet fisher-lad’s uncle (Chapter 017)
This spell he taught to his nephew, and said to him, “Now, go away, and be fearless and free from anxiety.”
Chapter XVII · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
The youth, by means of the spell, assumed the form of an incomparably beautiful woman, and betook himself to Vārāṇasī.
Chapter XVII · when an opportunity occurred
Sūryanemi The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
But when an opportunity occurred, the youth put the king to death in a solitary spot. Then he reversed the spell and became a man again.
Chapter XVII · Afterwards
Sūryanemi The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) Goshṭhila
Afterwards he set the crown on his head, and, after making the minister Goshṭhila acquainted with the matter, assumed the regal power.
Chapter XVIII · after the lapse of eight or nine months
The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) The king’s wife, mother of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Ksheman·kara
Some time afterwards his wife became with child, and, after the lapse of eight or nine months, gave birth to a very handsome boy
Chapter XVIII · after the lapse of eight or nine months
The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) The king’s wife, mother of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Pāpan·kara
The king’s wife again became with child, and after the lapse of eight or nine months a boy was born, at whose birth many thousands of unfortunate events took place, on which account there was given to him the name of Pāpan·kara.
Chapter XVIII
Ksheman·kara The king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018) The daughter of the king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018)
But Ksheman·kara said, “Until I have acquired wealth I will not marry. Allow me, O father, to go to sea.” He replied, “Do so.”
Chapter XVIII · 📍 [[the ocean]] · On the way back, when not far from shore
Then he took away the jewels from his soundly sleeping brother, put both his eyes out with a thorn, and left him sightless on the ocean shore.
Chapter XVIII
Ksheman·kara The chief herdsman (Chapter 018)
When they had heard his story they were filled with compassion, and they led him to the house of the chief herdsman.
Chapter XVIII · 📍 [[the house of the chief herdsman]]
Ksheman·kara The chief herdsman’s wife (Chapter 018)
she said to her husband: “This blind man is trying to tempt me, will you put up with such people?”
Chapter XVIII · On the death of his father
The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Pāpan·kara
On the death of his father his brother, Pāpan·kara, came to the throne.
Chapter XVIII · 📍 [[the midst of the city]] · Next morning
The daughter of the king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018) Ksheman·kara
she threw him the crown of flowers, crying, “This man is my husband.”
Chapter XVIII
Ksheman·kara The daughter of the king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018)
So soon as this asseveration was uttered, one of his eyes came again just as it was before.
Chapter XVIII
Ksheman·kara The daughter of the king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018)
So soon as he had pronounced this asseveration, his other eye also became as it had been originally.
Chapter XVIII
The daughter of the king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018) Ksheman·kara The king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018)
The king was exceedingly astonished, but with great joy did he give his daughter to Ksheman·kara as his wife.
Chapter XVIII · 📍 [[that city]] · Then
The king of the neighbouring country (Chapter 018) Pāpan·kara Ksheman·kara
Then he set forth with a great army for that city, and drove Pāpan·kara from power, and set Ksheman·kara as king upon his father’s throne.
Chapter XIX · In long past times
the hunter the elephant
Perceiving that he had hit it, he followed after the arrow and killed the elephant.
Chapter XIX
the five hundred robbers
So when they came back, and those who had eaten the flesh drank the water, and those who had drunk the water ate the flesh, they all of them died.
Chapter XIX
the jackal
The string snapped, and the end of the bow struck the jackal in the roof of the mouth so hard, that it died.
Chapter XX · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
King Brahmadatta The Chaṇḍāla versed in spells (Chapter 020)
The King who was highly pleased thereby, made him presents.
Chapter XX
The Brahman youth seeking magic (Chapter 020) The Chaṇḍāla versed in spells (Chapter 020)
As the youth had a great craving after magic lore, he agreed to this, and after he had with the greatest joy testified his respect, he entered upon his service.
Chapter XX
The Brahman youth seeking magic (Chapter 020) The Chaṇḍāla versed in spells (Chapter 020)
The Chaṇḍāla was greatly delighted, and said, “O son, as I am exceedingly pleased, I will teach you the art of magic.”
Chapter XX · 📍 [[Gandhamādana]]
The Brahman youth seeking magic (Chapter 020)
So he employed his magic power, and soared into the sky. When he came to Gandhamādana, he there plucked fruits and flowers which were out of season on earth
Chapter XX
The Brahman youth seeking magic (Chapter 020) King Brahmadatta
When he came to Gandhamādana, he there plucked fruits and flowers which were out of season on earth, and gave them to the king’s purohita, who gave them to King Brahmadatta.
Chapter XX · Accordingly
The Chaṇḍāla versed in spells (Chapter 020) The Brahman youth seeking magic (Chapter 020) King Brahmadatta
Accordingly the Chaṇḍāla was deprived of his employment by the purohita, who conferred it upon the Brahman youth.
Chapter XX
The Brahman youth seeking magic (Chapter 020)
But in consequence of the youth’s ingratitude his magic power deserted him.
Chapter XXI · In lost past times
The unnamed king who fathered Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of the king who fathered Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha (Chapter 021) Śākha Gulma Anugulma Viśākha (Chapter 021)
In lost past times, in a palace in a land every way blest, there reigned a king to whom his wife bore four sons, named Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha.
Chapter XXI · After having all grown up
Śākha Gulma Anugulma Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Śākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Gulma (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Anugulma (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
After having all grown up, and taken to themselves as wives kings’ daughters from other lands, they began to behave disrespectfully to the king.
Chapter XXI
The unnamed king who fathered Śākha, Gulma, Anugulma, and Viśākha (Chapter 021) Śākha Gulma Anugulma Viśākha (Chapter 021)
The king banished them
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a desert place]]
Śākha Gulma Anugulma Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Śākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Gulma (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Anugulma (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
So they made an agreement among themselves to put their wives to death one after another, and by feeding on their flesh to make their own way through the desert.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a desert place]]
Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
Viśākha, however, was of opinion that it would be better to sacrifice his own life than to take away another’s, and instead of waiting to see who was to die he determined to escape along with his wife. So he fled away with her.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a mountain]]
Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
So he sliced some flesh off his hams and gave it to her to eat, and then he opened the veins of both his arms and gave her the blood to drink.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a river]]
Viśākha (Chapter 021) The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021)
As soon as he saw the man being swept away by the waters, he ran swiftly down from the mountain, sprang into the river, seized the man, and conveyed him ashore.
Chapter XXI
Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021)
Viśākha spoke words of solace to him, satisfied his hunger with roots and berries, and then handed him over to his wife, thanks to whose care he recovered entirely.
Chapter XXI
The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021)
But as she repeatedly tempted him, and it was hard for him to master passion, he finally acceded to her request.
Chapter XXI
The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021)
In accordance with these ideas, he began to take counsel with her, saying, “If your husband finds out that we have lived together, he will undoubtedly do you some injury and put me to death.”
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a ravine]]
The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) Viśākha (Chapter 021)
When he had let himself down with the rope, she let go of the rope with her hand, whereby he also lost hold of it and fell into the water at the bottom.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a royal city]]
As the Bodisat was destined to long life and the exercise of regal power, he did not die, but was carried along by the stream, and so he reached a royal city.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[a royal city]]
the ministers caused the road and the city to be cleansed, and prosperously conducted him into the city, and installed him as king on the fitting day, at the fitting hour, under the fitting constellation.
Chapter XXI
But he was not to be induced to consent thereto, and he reviled women without ceasing.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[the villages]]
The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021)
Thereupon the woman, fearing to perish in the hour of hunger, having taken the cripple on her back, betook herself to the villages, and asked for alms in the streets, market-places, cross-roads, and by-roads.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[the capital]]
The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021) Viśākha (Chapter 021)
“Thou who hast eaten the flesh of my loins, who hast drunk my blood, and hast taken the cripple on thy back, wilt thou not now be blamed by thy husband?” “After having, for the sake of wolf’s-milk, flung me down the precipice, after having taken the cripple on thy back, wilt thou not now be blamed by thy husband?” She stood still with drooping countenance and heart full of shame.
Chapter XXI · 📍 [[the city]]
The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
When the ministers had asked the king about this matter, and he had given them a full account of all that had taken place, they drove the woman out of the city with contumely.
Chapter XXII · 📍 [[the lake]] · At a long distant period
the vilva tree the six hares
Now a vilva tree in that forest fell into the lake, thereby producing a great noise. When the six hares heard this noise, they began, as they had but small bodies, to run away full of fear.
Chapter XXII
the jackals the monkeys the gazelles the boars the buffaloes the rhinoceroses the elephants the bears the hyænas the panthers the tigers the lions
Thereupon the jackals also took to flight. When the monkeys saw them running they asked, “O honoured ones, wherefore do ye run?” The jackals replied, “There was a great noise.” Thereupon the monkeys also took to flight.
Chapter XXII · 📍 [[the vilva forest]]
the maned lion the hares the jackals the monkeys the gazelles the boars the buffaloes the rhinoceroses the elephants the bears the hyænas the panthers the tigers the lions
Inasmuch as the noise was caused by the fall of a vilva tree out of that forest into the lake, the lion said: “O honoured ones, be not afraid, for that was only an empty sound.” Consequently they were all tranquillised.
Chapter XXIII
The Merchant (Chapter 023) The merchant’s wife (Chapter 023)
But her husband became suspicious, beat her, and bound her to a pillar.
Chapter XXIII
The Merchant (Chapter 023) The merchant’s wife (Chapter 023)
But the woman had been released by her husband, and she betook herself secretly to that tree.
Chapter XXIII
The merchant’s wife (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the eastern branch (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the southern branch (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the western branch (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the northern branch (Chapter 023) The superior officer (Chapter 023)
She said that she would yield herself to him among them who should bring her the most beautiful flowers.
Chapter XXIII · 📍 [[the royal castle]]
The stipendiary on the eastern branch (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the southern branch (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the western branch (Chapter 023) The stipendiary on the northern branch (Chapter 023) The superior officer (Chapter 023)
So he gave him as many lotuses as he wanted.
Chapter XXIII
The merchant’s wife (Chapter 023) The superior officer (Chapter 023)
That man went joyfully with them to the woman, whose enjoyment now fell to his share.
Chapter XXIV · after some time
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
Thereupon the elephant began to pay honour to all the others, and the monkey to the hare and the partridge, and the hare to the partridge. In this way they showed each other reverence according to their respective ages.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[the dense forest]] · in future
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
So they took to giving up what possessed life, and partaking of what was lifeless.
Chapter XXIV · in future
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
So they took to giving up what was possessed, and feeding on the previously unpossessed.
Chapter XXIV · henceforth
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
So they followed the lawful paths and gave up those which were unlawful.
Chapter XXIV · in future
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
So they no longer spoke at random, but uttered merely well-considered words at the right time.
Chapter XXIV · in future
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
So they began to partake of only the non-intoxicating fruits, giving up those which intoxicate.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[the Kāśi land]] · when they were duly set fast in the five vows
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
Then they confirmed in the five vows all the living creatures of the animal world, as many as there were of them in the Kāśi land.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[the dense forest]]
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
As they did each other no harm, and lived in the dense forest according to their knowledge and pleasure, their influence brought it about that the deity sent rain from time to time, and the earth was constantly provided with seeds, flowers, and fruit-trees.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
The Buddha Bhagavant Śāriputra Maudgalyāyana Ānanda
The Rishi replied, “O great king, it is not your power which has brought this about, nor yet that of your wives, princes, ministers, warriors, towns-people, or country-folk. But there are four living creatures in your realm whose power has done so.”
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]]
“O great Rishi,” said the king, “if this be so, I also will observe these five vows, and live in accordance with them.”
Chapter XXIV · Thereupon
Thereupon the king began to observe those five vows, and to behave accordingly. As the king observed the five vows, and lived in accordance with them, his wives did the same, and the princes, ministers, warriors, towns-people, and country-folk, accepted the five vows, and took to behaving in conformity with them.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[Jambudvīpa]] · When the tributary kings heard
When the tributary kings heard that King Brahmadatta, together with his wives, princes, ministers, warriors, towns-people, and country-folk, had undertaken the five vows, and were living in conformity with them, they also, along with their wives, princes, ministers, warriors, towns-people, and country-folk, accepted the five vows and observed them.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[Jambudvīpa]]
The greater part of the inhabitants of Jambudvīpa accepted the five vows, and began to observe them.
Chapter XXIV · 📍 [[the Tushita region of the thirty-three gods]] · then
Whosoever then died in Jambudvīpa, after his body perished, was born again in the Tushita region of the thirty-three gods.
Chapter XXV
Nanda said to Nandasena, “If Gaṇgādatta comes back without food, I shall eat Gaṇgādatta.”
Chapter XXV
Nandasena Gaṇgādatta
So the snake informed the mouse, saying, “Nanda has spoken thus: ‘If Gaṇgādatta comes back without bringing food, I will eat Gaṇgādatta.’”
Chapter XXV
Gaṇgādatta Nandasena
and said to Nandasena, “As one who is weakened and oppressed by hunger becomes merciless, therefore say to the ungrateful creature that Gaṇgādatta will return no more.”
Chapter XXVI · 📍 [[the pit]]
The man who fell into the pit (Chapter 026) The lion (Chapter 026) The mouse (Chapter 026) The falcon (Chapter 026)
They all four fell into the pit
Chapter XXVI · 📍 [[the pit]]
The hunter (Chapter 026) The lion (Chapter 026) The mouse (Chapter 026) The falcon (Chapter 026) The man who fell into the pit (Chapter 026)
Understanding what they said, the hunter drew out first of all the lion. It touched his feet and said, “I shall prove grateful to you. But do not draw out that black-headed one who forgets accepted benefits.” Having thus spoken, the lion departed. The hunter then proceeded to extricate them all by degrees from the pit.
Chapter XXVI · One day
The hunter (Chapter 026) The lion (Chapter 026)
The lion recognised the man, and touched his feet, and gave him the gazelle.
Chapter XXVI · 📍 [[the grove]]
The falcon (Chapter 026) The hunter (Chapter 026) The king’s wife whose ornaments were stolen (Chapter 026)
the falcon carried them off, and gratefully presented them to the hunter.
Chapter XXVI · 📍 [[the park]] · When the king awoke from his sleep
The king’s wife whose ornaments were stolen (Chapter 026) King Brahmadatta
The wife, who looked for her ornaments but could not find them, said to the king, “O king, my ornaments are lost in the park.”
Chapter XXVI · When they began to make inquiries
The hunter (Chapter 026) King Brahmadatta
The ornaments were restored to the king. But the hunter was bound and cast into prison.
Chapter XXVI · to-day
The snake (Chapter 026) King Brahmadatta The hunter (Chapter 026)
The snake bit the king, and the hunter came and healed him with the spell and the remedy.
Chapter XXVI · Then
King Brahmadatta The hunter (Chapter 026)
Then the king joyfully released him from the prison, and bestowed upon him gifts and good things.
Chapter XXVII · One day
Bodisat The lion, king of the beasts (Chapter 027)
After making a careful examination, the woodpecker, by means of a continued fluttering of its wings, extracted the bone which had stuck between the lion’s teeth.
Chapter XXVII · At another time
Bodisat The lion, king of the beasts (Chapter 027)
Are not you, who passed between my teeth, thankful for remaining alive?
Chapter XXVII · At another time
Bodisat the falcon
the woodpecker, which had been seized by a falcon, and had only just escaped from death
Chapter XXVIII · Long ago
The female elephant (Chapter 028) The young male elephant (Chapter 028) The elephant who fell in love with the female elephant (Chapter 028)
she emerged and fled away together with the young elephant.
Chapter XXIX · 📍 [[forest]]
the wolf (Chapter 029) the old ewe (Chapter 029)
Having thus spoken, the malefactor made a spring, tore off the sheep’s head, and having killed the sheep, devoured its flesh.
Chapter XXX · 📍 [[hill district]]
The householder of the hill district (Chapter 030) The orphan son of a householder
O nephew, do everything satisfactorily, and I will give you my daughter to wife.
Chapter XXX · 📍 [[a large assembly of the people]]
The householder of the hill district (Chapter 030) The householder's daughter of the hill district (Chapter 030) The orphan son of a householder
The householder reviled him, and said, “O friends, I certainly will not give my daughter to this man, who works for me as a day-labourer.”
Chapter XXX · 📍 [[the palace of the king]] · On the seventh day
The householder of the hill district (Chapter 030) The householder's daughter of the hill district (Chapter 030) The orphan son of a householder
The king wondered and said to the ministers, “O honoured ones, as the beasts have thus borne witness, do ye take care that the householder gives his daughter to this young man.”
Chapter XXX
The householder of the hill district (Chapter 030) The householder's daughter of the hill district (Chapter 030) The orphan son of a householder
Overcome by the householder-son, the householder bestowed upon him his daughter.
Chapter XXXI · Thereupon
the merchants the first set of oxen
the merchants beat them and lacerated them with thorny rods, and yoked them dripping with blood to the waggons.
Chapter XXXI · Thereupon
the merchants the other troop of oxen
But the others submitted to the yoke without resisting, so no harm came to them.
Chapter XXXII · 📍 [[the king’s bean-field]]
they cut off its ears, fastened a pestle to its neck, and then set it free.
Chapter XXXIII · In long-past times
the lioness (Chapter 033, A) the cow (Chapter 033, A)
The lioness killed the cow, and dragged it off to her lair;
Chapter XXXIII
the lioness (Chapter 033, A) the calf (Chapter 033, A) the lion cub (Chapter 033, A)
She gave birth to a male cub, which she suckled along with the calf.
Chapter XXXIII · After they had both grown up
After they had both grown up, the lioness fell ill, and before her death spoke thus,
Chapter XXXIII · one day after this
the lion cub (Chapter 033, A) the bull (Chapter 033, A) the jackal (Chapter 033, A)
The lion seized the bull’s breast with his claws, the bull slit up the lion’s belly with his horns. And so they both perished.
Chapter XXXIII · one day
the tigress (Chapter 033, B) the lion cub (Chapter 033, B)
When the tigress saw it, she was going to kill it, but she changed her mind, seeing that the young lion might be a playfellow for her own cub, and so she began to give it suck.
Chapter XXXIII
the lioness (Chapter 033, B) the tigress (Chapter 033, B) the lion cub (Chapter 033, B) the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B)
So they took to dwelling together, and they called the lion cub Sudaṇshṭhra, and the tiger cub Subāhu.
Chapter XXXIII · After a time
the lioness (Chapter 033, B) the tigress (Chapter 033, B) the lion cub (Chapter 033, B) the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B)
After a time the lioness and the tigress fell ill, and when the time for their departure came, they said to the two young beasts, “O children, as ye have both sucked the same dugs, be ye brothers.
Chapter XXXIII · One day
the lion cub (Chapter 033, B) the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B)
The lion said, “Let us go together.” So they took to going out together.
Chapter XXXIII · one day
the lion cub (Chapter 033, B) the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B) the jackal (Chapter 033, B)
Then the lion thought, “This creature wanted to set us two at variance,” and struck the jackal dead with a slap in the face.
Chapter XXXIV · one day
The first otter (Chapter 034) The second otter (Chapter 034)
Finding there was nothing left, the otters took counsel together one day, and determined that in future one of them should go into the water while the other remained on land, and that they should share the spoil in common.
Chapter XXXIV
The first otter (Chapter 034) The second otter (Chapter 034) Mukhara
So Mukhara divided the heap into three parts, one containing the heads of the fish, and another their tails, and the third the rest of their bodies. And he uttered this verse:— “The goer on land receives the tails, and the goer into the depths the heads; he who is conversant with the law receives the middle parts.” Moreover, Mukhara said to himself, “Having deluded these two, I will secure the booty.” So he seized the middle part of a large fish, and went off to his mother.
Chapter XXXV · a long time
Bodisat The five hundred jackals (Chapter 035)
In the neighbourhood of the hill there dwelt five hundred jackals, which followed after him and devoured what he left. ... This state of things lasted a long time.
Chapter XXXV · Once
Bodisat The jackal who rescued the lion (Chapter 035)
Having observed it, he dug a canal on one side, and filled the well with water from the lake, so that the lion was able to get out.
Chapter XXXVI · At length
When he had come out, and had been exposed to the rays of the sun, he acquired the colour of cyanite.
Chapter XXXVI
My name is Śataga, and I have been appointed king of the fourfooted beasts by Śakra, the king of the gods.
Chapter XXXVI
The jackals considered that, as his body was of a colour never before seen, this must be true, and they made all the fourfooted beasts acquainted with the fact.
Chapter XXXVI · Now
The unnamed mother of Śataga (Chapter 036) Śataga
so long as he utters no jackal’s cry, the elephant will let him retain his prosperity.
Chapter XXXVI · So soon as
So soon as, sitting on the elephant, he began to lift up his voice, the elephant perceived that it was a jackal that was riding on his back
Chapter XXXVII · One day
The ox marked with signs
One day, as it was roaming about, it got into a certain swamp.
Chapter XXXVII · Towards sunset
The householder of the hill-town (Chapter 037) The ox marked with signs
The householder flung a noose in front of the ox and went away.
Chapter XXXVII · In the course of the night
The ox marked with signs The jackal (Chapter 037)
But the ox flung the noose with its horn, caught the jackal round the neck, and let him hang in the air.
Chapter XXXIX · 📍 [[Vārāṇasī]] · In long-past times
In long-past times, King Brahmadatta came to the throne in Vārāṇasī
Chapter XXXIX · Once
Gaṇḍa Upagaṇḍa King Brahmadatta
The king said, “Honoured sirs, if this is the case, I give up the dogs altogether.”
Chapter XXXIX
The dogs of the land The dog from another country King Brahmadatta
Encouraged by him they turned back; and after they had made a halt they expressed their prayer in a verse, uttered at a distance from which they could be heard, saying—
Chapter XXXIX · next day
Gaṇḍa Upagaṇḍa The other dogs King Brahmadatta
When the king had been informed of this, he delivered those dogs over to death. But he rendered the others free from fear.
Chapter XL · In his youth
In his youth he had been wont to kill all the mice in the neighbourhood of his dwelling-place.
Chapter XL · afterwards, when he had grown old
At a spot not far distant from the mouse-hole, he took to performing fictitious acts of penance
Chapter XL
the chieftain of a company of mice Agnija
Then from afar off he pronounced this verse— “As the uncle’s body waxes bigger, but my troop on the contrary becomes smaller, and as he who eats roots and berries will not become fat and well covered with hair, this is not a genuine penance, but one performed only for the sake of gain. Because the number of the mice diminished have you, O Agnija, thrived.”
Chapter XLI
the hunter (Chapter 041) Bodisat the doe (Chapter 041)
The hunter, whose astonishment became still greater, went away together with the gazelles, whom he left at liberty.
Chapter XLII · 📍 [[the village]]
the young monkey captive in the village (Chapter 042) a good monkey (Chapter 042)
“I will set you free from your bonds.” So soon as the young monkey was set free
Chapter XLII · 📍 [[the village]]
the young monkey captive in the village (Chapter 042)
So soon as the young monkey was set free, he set the village on fire.
Chapter XLII · 📍 [[the Tinduka tree]]
the monkey chief (Chapter 042)
So they hastened to put out the fire; but the monkeys came down from the Tinduka tree and ran away.
Chapter XLIII · Before the break of day
When the first monkey-chief saw that the other did not believe in him, he himself, together with his band, went away.
Chapter XLIII
the other monkey chief (Chapter 043)
The other chief answered incredulously, “Do dreams then turn out true? If you want to go, in that case go. But as I possess a widely extended domain, I shall not go.”
Chapter XLIII · 📍 [[the hill-town]] · One day after this
the wandering sheep (Chapter 043)
a wandering sheep came by bad luck that way, and began to eat the grain.
Chapter XLIII · 📍 [[the hill-town]] · One day after this
the servant-maid who roasted barley (Chapter 043) the wandering sheep (Chapter 043)
The maid struck the sheep with a fire-brand, and the sheep ran blazing into the king’s elephant stable.
Chapter XLIII · One day after this
the wandering sheep (Chapter 043)
the sheep ran blazing into the king’s elephant stable. From its flames the elephant stable caught fire
Chapter XLIII
the king (Chapter 043) the doctor (Chapter 043)
The king sent for the doctor, and asked how the elephants which had been scorched by the fire ought to be treated. The doctor prescribed monkeys cooked in barley-meal.
Chapter XLIII
Accordingly orders were given to the hunters, who caught all the monkeys residing in the neighbourhood. These monkeys, whose flesh had increased in the course of time, the doctor threw into the caldron alive.
Chapter XLIII
On account of discord between the sheep and the servant-maid, the monkeys perished.
Chapter XLIV · 📍 [[hill-village]]
the other monkey chief (Chapter 044) the other monkey chief’s band of five hundred monkeys (Chapter 044)
The monkeys partook of the fruit, and unfortunately suffered agonies in consequence.
Chapter XLV · 📍 [[well]] · In long-past times
the leader of the band of monkeys (Chapter) the band of monkeys (Chapter)
the branch broke, and all the monkeys fell into the well and were disagreeably damaged.
Chapter XLVI
Rāshṭrapāla’s daughter (Chapter 046) the peacock (Chapter 046)
When she had looked at the peacock, she said, “He shall be my husband.”
Chapter XLVI
Rāshṭrapāla Rāshṭrapāla’s daughter (Chapter 046) the peacock (Chapter 046)
He said, “To him I will not give my daughter, for he is shameless and bold.”
Chapter XLVII · long ago
the woman's husband (Chapter 047)
After a time her husband returned home safe and sound
Chapter XLVII · After a time
the woman whose husband had undertaken a long journey (Chapter 047) the crow (Chapter 047)
She gave it a golden cap.
Chapter XLVII
the crow (Chapter 047) the falcon (Chapter 047)
But on account of the golden cap a falcon tore off the crow’s head.
Chapter XLVIII · 📍 [[Rājagṛiha]]
The crow (Chapter 048) The Rishi (Chapter 048)
Seeing nothing there, she broke the pots and pitchers, and then flew away. When the Rishi came into his kitchen, and found the pots and pitchers broken, he knew that it was none but the bad crow who had done that, and he said in a verse: “To her who, without being told, has with shameless malice broken the things in the kitchen, shall in future, whether for praise or for blame, not even the smallest word be spoken.
Chapter XLIX · 📍 [[sea-coast]] · Once
He took it out and considered whether he should wake the other or eat the fruit by himself. Reflecting that if he ate it, the body they shared in common would be nourished thereby, he did not wake the other.
Chapter L · 📍 [[Yavana land]]
The ivory carver (Chapter 050, Tale 1) The painter (Chapter 050, Tale 1)
But he only smashed his jug, and came to the conclusion that he had been fooled.
Chapter L · 📍 [[Yavana land]]
The painter (Chapter 050, Tale 2) The mechanician (Chapter 050, Tale 2)
Thereupon, however, the artificial maiden collapsed, and turned into a heap of chips.
Chapter L · 📍 [[Yavana land]]
The painter (Chapter 050, Tale 2) The mechanician (Chapter 050, Tale 2) The king (Chapter 050, Tale 2)
But when they were about to cut the rope, they perceived that what was before them was only a door, and that the mechanician had been made a fool of.
Chapter L · in six months
The first painter (Chapter 050, Tale 3) The second painter (Chapter 050, Tale 3) The king (Chapter 050, Tale 3)
Thereupon the king’s astonishment waxed still greater, and he said, “This is the one who is the best artist.”