Vyaggha Jataka, Vyaggha-jātaka: 2 definitions
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta was once a tree sprite and lived near another tree sprite. No one dared to enter the forest, fearing a lion and a tiger who roamed about there. So the people could not collect wood. One day the second tree sprite assumed an awful shape, in spite of the Bodhisattas advice, and frightened away the lion and the tiger. The people, finding that they had disappeared, began cutting down the trees. Then the foolish tree sprite tried in vain to bring the animals back.
The story was told in reference to Kokalikas attempt to bring Sariputta and Moggallana back, after having insulted them. Kokalika is identified with the foolish sprite, Sariputta with the lion, and Moggallana with the tiger. J.ii.356 8; cf. the Takkariya Jataka.
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: Vyaggha, Jataka.
Full-text: Kokalika.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 272: Vyaggha-jātaka < [Book III - Tika-Nipāta]
The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)