Asampadana Jataka, Asampadāna-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta was born in Rajagaha and became known as Sankhasetthi, worth eighty crores. He had a friend, Piliyasetthi, in Benares, equally wealthy. Piliya having lost all his wealth, sought the assistance of Sankha, who gave him one half of all his possessions. Later, Sankha, himself becoming bankrupt, went with his wife to Benares to seek help from Piliya; the latter, however, dismissed him with half a quarter of pollard. On the way back Sankha was recognised by an erstwhile servant of his whom he had given to Piliya. This servant befriended Sankha and his wife, and with the help of his companions, brought to the kings notice Piliyas ingratitude. The king, having tried the case, wished to give all Piliyas wealth to Sankha, but at the latters request restored to him only what he had, in days of prosperity, given to Piliya.
The story is related in reference to Devadattas ingratitude. J.i.465-9.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Partial matches: Jataka.
Full-text: Piliya.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 131: Asampadāna-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 4 - Story of Devadatta < [Chapter 36 - The Buddha’s Height Measured by a Brahmin]