| J.368 |
Tacasaara Jaataka |
Once a poor village doctor saw some boys playing near a tree, in the hollow of which
lived a snake. Hoping to make some money, he asked one of the boys (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 boys were brought before the king and charged, but
on hearing the Bodhisatvaís explanation, the king released them. The Jataka was related
to show how the Bodhisatva practised the Perfection of Wisdom. Ananda is identified
with the king. See also Saaliya
Jataka (J.367). |
58/830 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.204ff. |
wisdom, retribution |