| J.311 |
Pucimanda Jaataka |
Once the bodhisatva was a tree sprite in a nimba-tree in a cemetary. One day when
a robber with stolen goods came in front of the tree, he drove the robber away, lest
he should be discovered and impaled on a stake from the tree. When the kingís officials
came looking for the robber, they could therefore not find him and went away. Nearby
was a bodhi-tree whose tree sprite was Sariputta. The story was related to Moggallana,
who saw a man lurking near his cell, and, feeling suspicious, drove him away. Later,
his suspicions were confirmed by the arrival of the kingís men. |
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Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.033ff. |
association |