Kaccani Jataka, Kaccāni-jātaka: 1 definition
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Kaccani Jataka means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA young man devoted himself, after his fathers death, entirely to his mother, till the latter, much against his will, brought him a wife. The wife plotted to estrange mother and son, and the old woman had to leave the house. The wife, having given birth to a son, went about saying that if the mother in law had been with her such a blessing would have been impossible. When the old woman heard of this, she felt that such things could only be said because Right (Dhamma) was dead and, going into the cemetery, she started to perform a sacrifice in memory of the dead Right. Sakkas throne becoming heated, he came down and, hearing her story, reconciled the old woman with her son and daughter in law by means of his great power. In the stanza spoken by Sakka, the old woman is addressed as Kaccani and Katiyani. The scholiast explains that she belonged to the Kaccanagotta.
The story was related to a young man of Savatthi who looked after his aged mother till his wife came; then the wife undertook to tend her and for some time did her duties well. Later, she grew jealous of her husbands love for his mother, and contrived by various means to make the son angry with the old woman. Finally, she asked her husband to choose between herself and his mother. The young man, without hesitation, stood up for his mother, and the wife, realising her folly, mended her ways. J.iii.422-8.
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: Kaccani, Jataka.
Full-text: Kaccani.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
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