| J.160 |
Viniilaka Jaataka |
A golden goose mates with a crow and the result is a black-hued son who is called
Vinilaka. The geese had two sons, and they, noticing that their father oftern went
to Mithila to see Vinilaka, offered to go and fetch him. The perched Vinilaka on
a stick and flew with the ends of the stick in their beaks. As they flew over Mithila,
Vinilaka saw King Videha (the bodhisatva) riding in his state chariot and boasted
that Videha was no better than himself being carried by a pair of golden geese. The
geese, in their anger, wished to drop him, but they took him to their father and
told him of his sonís words. The goose was very angry on hearing this and sent Vinilaka
home to his mother. The story is related in reference to an attempt by Devadatta
at Gayasisa to imitate the Buddha when he was visited by Sariputta and Moggallana.
Vinilaka is identified with Devadatta. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.ii.038ff |
arrogance |