| J.232 |
Vii.naathuu.na Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was once a rich merchant and a marriage was arranged between his son
and the daughter of a Benares merchant. In her parent’s house, the girl saw honour
being offered to a bull, and seeing a hunchback in the street on the day of her marriage,
she thought him worthy of great honour because of his hunch -- and eloped with him
in disguise, carrying her jewellery. The bodhisatva’s friends saw her, and persuading
her of her folly, took her back home. The story was told in reference to a rich girl
of Savatthi who went away with a hunchback in similar circumstances. The girls of
both stories were the same. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.ii.224ff. |
appearances |