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151.
RĀJOVĀDA-JĀTAKA
Two kings, both wise and good, meet in a narrow way, and a dispute arises who is to give place. Both are of the same age and power. Their drivers sing each his master’s praises. One is good to the good, and bad to the bad; the other repays evil with good. The first acknowledges his superior, and gives place.
152.
SIGĀLA-JĀTAKA
The Bodhisatta is a young lion, one of seven brothers; a Jackal proposes love to his sister. Six of the brothers set out to kill the jackal, but seeing him as he lies in a crystal grotto, imagine him to be in the sky, leap up and kill themselves. The Bodhisatta roars, and the jackal dies of fear.
153.
SŪKARA-JĀTAKA
A boar challenges a lion to fight; and then in fear wallows amid filth until he smells so foul that the lion will not come near him, but owns himself vanquished rather than fight with him.
154.
URAGA-JĀTAKA
A Garuḷa chases a serpent, which taking the form of a jewel, fixes himself upon an ascetic’s garment, and by this means wins safety.
155.
GAGGA-JĀTAKA
How a goblin had power over all people who did not wish each other well at a sneeze, and how he was foiled.
156.
ALĪNA-CITTA-JĀTAKA
An elephant runs a thorn into its foot; it is tended by some carpenters, and serves them out of gratitude. His young one takes his place afterwards, and is bought by the king for a large sum. How on the king’s death, it routs a hostile host, and saves the kingdom for the king’s infant son.
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157.
GUṆA-JĀTAKA
A jackal rescues a lion, who out of gratitude makes him a friend. The lioness is jealous of the she-jackal; then the whole matter is explained, and maxims given in praise of friendship.
158.
SUHANU-JĀTAKA
Two savage horses, that maltreat all other of their kind, strike up a sudden friendship with each other, thus illustrating the proverb, ‘Birds of a feather.’
159.
MORA-JĀTAKA
How a peacock kept itself safe by reciting spells; how its mind was disturbed by hearing the female’s note, and it was caught; how the king desired to eat it, but the peacock discoursed such good divinity that he was stayed; and finally the bird was set free again to return to the mountains.
160.
VINĪLAKA-JĀTAKA
A bird, the offspring of a goose with a crow, is being carried by his father’s two other sons to see him, but is arrogant and compares them to horses that serve him; so he is sent back again.
161.
INDASAMĀNAGOTTA-JĀTAKA
How a man kept a fat elephant, which turned against him and trampled him to death.
162.
SANTHAVA-JĀTAKA
How a man had his house burnt by reason of the great offerings which he made to his sacred fire.
163.
SUSĪMA-JĀTAKA
How a lad whose hereditary right it was to manage a festival, journeyed 2000 leagues in a day, learnt the ceremonial, and returned in time to conduct the ceremony.
164.
GIJJHA-JĀTAKA
About a merchant who succoured some vultures, and they in return stole cloths and other things and brought to him; how one was caught, and the king learnt the story, and all the goods were restored.
165.
NAKULA-JĀTAKA
How a mongoose and a snake were friends, and distrusted each other nevertheless; and how they were made at one.
166.
UPASĀḶHA-JĀTAKA
How a certain man was particular in choice of burying-grounds, and how he was shown that there is no spot free of taint from some dead body.
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167.
SAMIDDHI-JĀTAKA
How a nymph tempted the saint to love, and he resisted, since no man knows the time of death.
168.
SAKUṆAGGHI-JĀTAKA
How a quail beat a falcon by fighting on his own ground.
169.
ARAKA-JĀTAKA
How the Buddha forsook the world, and discoursed on charity.
170.
KAKAṆṬAKA-JĀTAKA
(See Mahā-ummagga.)
171.
KALYĀṆA-DHAMMA-JĀTAKA
How a certain man became a recluse all because of a lucky greeting.
172.
DADDARA-JĀTAKA
How a jackal amongst lions betrayed himself by his tongue.
173.
MAKKAṬA-JĀTAKA
How a monkey disguised himself as an ascetic, and was found out.
174.
DŪBHIYA-MAKKAṬA-JĀTAKA
How the Bodhisatta drew water for a monkey, and all he got for his pains was a grimace and an insult.
175.
ĀDICCUPAṬṬHĀNA-JĀTAKA
How a rascally monkey made havoc in the settlement, and the people took him for a holy being.
176.
KALĀYA-MUṬṬHI-JĀTAKA
How a monkey threw away a handful of peas to find one.
177.
TIṆḌUKA-JĀTAKA
How a troop of monkeys entered a village by night, and were surrounded by the villagers; and the device by which they were saved.
178.
KACCHAPA-JĀTAKA
How a tortoise came to grief because he loved his home too much.
179.
SATADHAMMA-JĀTAKA
How a proud young brahmin ate the leavings of a low-caste man, and then felt ashamed of himself.
180.
DUDDADA-JĀTAKA
Where faith is, no gift is small.
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181.
ASADISA-JĀTAKA
Of a clever archer, and his feats.
182.
SAṀGĀMĀVACARA-JĀTAKA
How a noble elephant obeyed the word of command.
183.
VĀLODAKA-JĀTAKA
He that is noble keeps a steady brain even though he drain most potent liquor dry.
184.
GIRIDANTA-JĀTAKA
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
185.
ANABHIRATI-JĀTAKA
On serenity of mind.
186.
DADHI-VĀHANA-JĀTAKA
The Magic Razor-axe, Milk-bowl, and Drum.
187.
CATUMAṬṬA-JĀTAKA
How a jackal was reproved for intruding.
188.
SĪHAKOṬṬHUKA-JĀTAKA
How a mongrel cub among lions was betrayed by its voice.
189.
SĪHACAMMA-JĀTAKA
The ass in the lion’s skin.
190.
SĪLĀNISAṀSA-JĀTAKA
How a virtuous barber saved another man by his merit.
191.
RUHAKA-JĀTAKA
How a wicked wife fooled her husband, and sent him prancing down the street in horse-trappings.
192.
SIRI-KĀḶAKAṆṆI-JĀTAKA
(See Mahā-ummagga.)
193.
CULLA-PADUMA-JĀTAKA
Of a wicked wife, who tried to murder her husband, and finally with her paramour was brought for trial before her husband, then become king.
194.
MAṆICORA-JĀTAKA
Of the plot devised by a king to take the wife of another man; and how Sakka caused him to change bodies with his victim, and so to be executed himself.
195.
PABBATŪPATTHARA-JĀTAKA
How the Bodhisatta advised a king to condone an intrigue.
196.
VALĀHASSA-JĀTAKA
How some shipwrecked mariners escaped from a city of goblins by aid of a flying horse.
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197.
MITTĀMITTA-JĀTAKA
How to tell friend from foe.
198.
RĀDHA-JĀTAKA
How a parrot told tales of his mistress, and had his neck wrung.
199.
GAHAPATI-JĀTAKA
How a wife tried to trick her husband, and was found out.
200.
SĀDHUSĪLA-JĀTAKA
How a father chose a husband for his daughters.
201.
BANDHANĀGĀRA-JĀTAKA
The real fetters are those of desire.
202.
KEḶI-SĪLA-JĀTAKA
How Sakka rebuked an irreverent king.
203.
KHANDHA-VATTA-JĀTAKA
How to win the goodwill of snakes.
204.
VĪRAKA-JĀTAKA
How a crow tried to steal meat, and was plucked.
205.
GAṄGEYYA-JĀTAKA
How two fish disputed which should be the more beautiful, and a tortoise answered that he was more beautiful than either.
206.
KURUṄGA-MIGA-JĀTAKA
How a woodpecker and a tortoise rescued their friend the antelope from a trap.
207.
ASSAKA-JĀTAKA
How a king was cured of love for his dead wife by a revelation of her present condition.
208.
SUṀSUMĀRA-JĀTAKA
How a crocodile wanted the heart of a monkey, and how the monkey pretended that it was hanging on a fig-tree.
209.
KAKKARA-JĀTAKA
How a fowler tried to stalk a bird by covering himself with branches.
210.
KANDAGALAKA-JĀTAKA
How a woodpecker struck a tree too hard for it, and perished.
211.
SOMADATTA-JĀTAKA
How a foolish man gave when he meant to crave.
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212.
UCCHIṬṬHA-BHATTA-JĀTAKA
How a husband found out his wife’s intrigue by the state of the rice.
213.
BHARU-JĀTAKA
How the king of Bharu made two bands of hermits to quarrel.
214.
PUṆṆA-NADĪ-JĀTAKA
How a king sent a riddling message to his former preceptor.
215.
KACCHAPA-JĀTAKA
How a tortoise was conveyed through the air, biting with his teeth upon a stick; and how he answered to a taunt, and fell.
216.
MACCHA-JĀTAKA
How a fish being captured lamented for loss of his wife, and was set at liberty.
217.
SEGGU-JĀTAKA
How a pious greengrocer tested his daughter’s virtue.
218.
KŪṬA-VĀṆIJA-JĀTAKA
How a man deposited ploughshares with a friend, and the friend protested that they had been eaten by rats; and of the clever device by which the man’s guilt was brought home to him.
219.
GARAHITA-JĀTAKA
How a monkey had been a captive of men, and escaped, and his censure upon mankind.
220.
DHAMMADDHAJA-JĀTAKA
How impossible tasks were set to a good man, who did them all by aid of Sakka.
221.
KĀSĀVA-JĀTAKA
How a man disguised himself in holy robes, and killed elephants; and how he was put to shame.
222.
CŪLA-NANDIYA-JĀTAKA
How two monkeys sacrificed their lives to save their mother, and what befel the hunter.
223.
PUṬA-BHATTA-JĀTAKA
How a harsh husband was rebuked.
224.
KUMBHĪLA-JĀTAKA
225.
KHANTI-VAṆṆANA-JĀTAKA
How two sinners were made to amend their ways.
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226.
KOSIYA-JĀTAKA
How an owl came to grief through sallying forth untimely.
227.
GŪTHA-PĀṆA-JĀTAKA
How an intoxicated beetle challenged an elephant, and was ignominiously destroyed.
228.
KĀMANĪTA-JĀTAKA
How a king was cured of greed.
229.
PALĀYI-JĀTAKA
How a king was frightened away by the mere sight of a city gate.
230.
DUTIYA-PALĀYI-JĀTAKA
How a hostile king was frightened away by the sight of the Bodhisatta, and the hearing of his threats.
231.
UPĀHANA-JĀTAKA
How a pupil tried to outdo his teacher, and was worsted.
232.
VĪṆĀ-THŪṆA-JĀTAKA
How a girl thought a humpback was a right royal man, and how she was undeceived.
233.
VIKAṆṆAKA-JĀTAKA
How some fish came to feed at the sound of a drum; and how a malevolent crocodile was speared.
234.
How a man, enamoured of a sprite, lost his wife by this lust.
235.
VACCHA-NAKHA-JĀTAKA
How a Brother was tempted to return to the world, and the evil of a worldly life shown forth.
236.
BAKA-JĀTAKA
How a crane shammed sleep, in order to catch fish; and how he was exposed.
237.
SĀKETA-JĀTAKA
(As No. 68.)
238.
EKAPADA-JĀTAKA
Of a precocious boy who asked a philosophical question; and the answer to the same.
239.
HARITA-MĀTA-JĀTAKA
A water-snake that fell into a fish-trap, and how the fish all fell upon him; with a moral.
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240.
MAHĀ-PIṄGALA-JĀTAKA
How the porter mourned when his tyrannical master died, lest he should prove too much for the King of Death, and should be sent back to earth again.
241.
SABBA-DĀṬHA-JĀTAKA
How a jackal learnt the spell ‘Of subduing the world,’ and by it collected a great army of wild beasts; and how he was discomfited.
242.
SUNAKHA-JĀTAKA
How a dog gnawed through his leash, and escaped from servitude.
243.
GUTTILA-JĀTAKA
How a great musician played by aid of Sakka to the delight of all that heard.
244.
VĪTICCHA-JĀTAKA
How a certain man tried to catch the Master with phrases.
245.
MŪLA-PARIYĀYA-JĀTAKA
How the Master discomfited some would-be clever youths.
246.
TELOVĀDA-JĀTAKA
That there is no harm in eating meat, but only in taking life.
247.
PĀDAÑJALI-JĀTAKA
How a fool was found out.
248.
KIṀSUKOPAMA-JĀTAKA
How four lads saw a tree, and each described it differently.
249.
SĀLAKA-JĀTAKA
How soft words failed to bring down a monkey from a tree.
250.
KAPI-JĀTAKA
How a monkey disguised himself as an ascetic, and was found out.
251.
SAṀKAPPA-JĀTAKA
How an ascetic was tempted by lust, and how he was saved.
252.
TILA-MUṬṬHI-JĀTAKA
How a teacher chastised a pupil, and the pupil meditated revenge, but was appeased.
253.
MAṆI-KAṆṬHA-JĀTAKA
How a serpent and an ascetic were friends, and how the ascetic got rid of the serpent.
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254.
KUṆḌAKA-KUCCHI-SINDHAVA-JĀTAKA
Of a high-bred foal; how he knew his own worth, and what he could do for a marvel.
255.
SUKA-JĀTAKA
Of a parrot that used to bring food oversea for his parents, and how he ate too much, and was drowned.
256.
JARUDAPĀNA-JĀTAKA
How some men won a treasure by digging, and by digging too much lost it again.
257.
GĀMAṆI-CAṆḌA-JĀTAKA
How a prince’s wisdom was tried. Also how a man was haled to the king’s tribunal for injuries done unwittingly, and the judgements of the king thereupon; and of certain problems propounded to him by those he met. [Several stories in one.]
258.
MANDHĀTU-JĀTAKA
How a king could not win contentment, not though he ruled as King of Heaven.
259.
TIRĪṬA-VACCHA-JĀTAKA
How a king’s life was saved, and the gratitude which he showed to his deliverer.
260.
DŪTA-JĀTAKA
How a man got a meal by calling himself ‘Belly’s Messenger.’
261.
PADUMA-JĀTAKA
How some boys tried to wheedle a noseless gardener that he might give them a bunch of lotus.
262.
MUDU-PĀṆI-JĀTAKA
Love will find a way; and the nature of womankind.
263.
CULLA-PALOBHANA-JĀTAKA
How the Bodhisatta is tempted by a woman, and succumbs.
264.
MAHĀ-PANĀDA-JĀTAKA
(Incomplete: as No. 489.)
265.
KHURAPPA-JĀTAKA
How one brave man saved a caravan from robbers.
266.
VĀTAGGA-SINDHAVA-JĀTAKA
How a she-ass fell in love with a fine horse, and by coquetry lost him.
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267.
KAKKATA-JĀTAKA
How an elephant, by aid of his faithful mate, destroyed an immense crab.
268.
ĀRĀMA-DŪSA-JĀTAKA
How some monkeys were left to water a garden, and how they pulled up the trees to proportion the water to the length of the roots.
269.
SUJĀTA-JĀTAKA
How the shrew was tamed by observation of a cuckoo and a jay.
270.
ULŪKA-JĀTAKA
How the owl was proposed as king of the birds, but because of his sour looks, not taken.
271.
UDAPĀNA-DŪSAKA-JĀTAKA
The vile nature of jackals.
272.
VYAGGHA-JĀTAKA
How a sprite drove away from its wood a lion and tiger, and how men came and cut the trees down.
273.
KACCHAPA-JĀTAKA
How a monkey insulted a tortoise, and how he was punished.
274.
LOLA-JĀTAKA
How a crow lost his life through greed.
275.
RUCIRA-JĀTAKA
(As No. 274.)
276.
KURU-DHAMMA-JĀTAKA
How there was a drought, and by observance of virtue the rain was made to come.
277.
ROMAKA-JĀTAKA
How a sham ascetic tried to kill a bird, and failed.
278.
MAHISA-JĀTAKA
Of a wicked monkey, that was killed for his vileness; and of the patience of the Bodhisatta.
279.
SATAPATTA-JĀTAKA
How a man did not know his friend from his enemy; and how the Bodhisatta was a robber.
280.
PUṬA-DŪSAKA-JĀTAKA
Of a monkey who thought to please a gardener by destroying the potties which he made.
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281.
ABBHANTARA-JĀTAKA
How a queen longed for a ‘middle mango’; and how a pet parrot procured one.
282.
SEYYA-JĀTAKA
How a marauding monarch was conquered by kindness.
283.
VAḌḌHAKI-SŪKARA-JĀTAKA
How a boar drilled an army of boars to conquer a tiger; and how a sham ascetic was done to death.
284.
SIRI-JĀTAKA
How luck came of eating the flesh of certain birds.
285.
MAṆI-SŪKARA-JĀTAKA
How some boars tried to sully crystal by rubbing it, and only made it shine the more.
286.
SĀLŪKA-JĀTAKA
How an ox envied the fatted pig.
287.
LĀBHA-GARAHA-JĀTAKA
Of the evil of a worldly life.
288.
MACCH-UDDĀNA-JĀTAKA
How a parcel of money was lost in the river, and restored by the river-spirit in the belly of a fish.
289.
NĀNA-CCHANDA-JĀTAKA
How a king fell into the hands of thieves, and a brahmin saw it; and what were the boons he asked.
290.
SĪLA-VĪMAṀSA-JĀTAKA
How a man tried his own reputation for virtue.
291.
BHADRA-GHAṬA-JĀTAKA
The Wishing-Bowl, with a moral ending.
292.
SUPATTA-JĀTAKA
How a queen of the crows desired some meat, and a brave crow got it for her.
293.
KĀYA-VICCHINDA-JĀTAKA
Of a sick man who on his recovery became religious, to his own great advantage.
294.
JAMBU-KHĀDAKA-JĀTAKA
The Fox and the Crow, with a difference.
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295.
ANTA-JĀTAKA
Similar to the last, but vice versa.
296.
SAMUDDA-JĀTAKA
Of a crow that feared the sea might be drunk dry.
297.
KĀMA-VILĀPA-JĀTAKA
How desire is stronger than pain.
298.
UDUMBARA-JĀTAKA
Old birds cannot be caught with chaff.
299.
KOMĀYA-PUTTA-JĀTAKA
Upon the reformation of a mischievous monkey.
300.
VAKA-JĀTAKA
How a wolf kept a holy day service.