Kakkara Jataka, Kakkara-jātaka: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe story of a wise bird who, seeing a farmer trying to catch him, avoided him till the farmer was quite exasperated. In the end the farmer camouflaged himself like a tree, but the bird laughed in his face.
The story was related in reference to a monk, a fellow celibate of Sariputta. This monk was very careful about his body, and earned the reputation of a dandy. The bird is identified with the monk (J.ii.161f). This story bears some resemblance to the second Sakuntaka Jataka in the Mahavastu, particularly to the latter part of it. v.l. Kukkura.
Mtu.ii.250.
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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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 209: Kakkara-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]