Kandagalaka Jataka, Kandagalaka-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodihsatta was once a woodpecker named Khadiravaniya, and be had a friend named Kandagalaka. One day Khadiravaniya took Kandagalaka with him into the acacia wood (khadiravana) and gave him insects from the acacia trees. As Kandagalaka ate them, pride rose in his heart and, feeling he could get food without his friends assistance, he told him so. In spite of the warning of Khadiravaniya, Kandagalaka pecked at an acacia trunk, broke his beak, and fell down dead.
The story was related in connection with Devadattas attempts to imitate the Buddha, these attempts ending in his own ruin. Kandagalaka is identified with Devadatta. J.ii.162-4.
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: Kandagalaka, Jataka.
Full-text: Kandagalaka, Khadiravaniya.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 210: Kandagalaka-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 4 - Story of Devadatta < [Chapter 36 - The Buddha’s Height Measured by a Brahmin]