| J.367 |
Saaliya Jaataka |
Once a village doctor saw a snake lying in the fork of a tree. He asked a village
boy (the bodhisatva) to put his hand in the hollow of the tree, saying that a hedgehog
lived there. The boy did so, but, feeling the snake, with great presence of mind,
he seized it firmly by the neck and flung it away from him. The snake fell on the
doctor and bit him so severely that he died. The Jataka was told in reference to
Devadattaís attempt to kill the Buddha. Elsewhere, however (DhA.iii.031ff.)the story
is told in reference to the hunter Koka with whom the doctor is identified. See also
Tacasaara
Jaataka (J.368). |
58/826 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.202ff. |
retribution |