| J.019 |
Aayaajitabhatta Jaataka | Paa.navadha Jaataka |
Once the squire of a certain village in the Kasi country, promised the deity of a
banyan tree a sacrifice should his enterprise succeed. When he came back from his
journey, he sacrificed a number of creatures and took them to the tree. The deity
of the tree appeared and admonished the squire, saying that no-one could attain deliverance
by means of slaughter. The story was related in answer to a question by some monks,
who had noticed that many people when going on a business journey would sacrifice
living creatures and offer them to various deities in order that their ventures might
be successful. The monks wished to know if such sacrifices were any good. |
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Khuddhaka |
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sacrifice |