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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6
by Robert Chalmers | 1895 | 877,505 words | ISBN-13: 9788120807259
This is the Siri-Kalakanni-jataka (English translation) including a glossary and notes. The jatakas (buddhist birth history) are a category of literature within buddhism and narrate the previous births of the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama). They include various obstacles which a Buddha-character encounters and must overcome. Alternative title: Siri-Kāḷakaṇṇi-jātaka.
Jataka 192: Siri-Kāḷakaṇṇi-jātaka
“Even though women may be fair,” etc.—This story will be given in the Mahā-ummagga-Jātaka[2].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Cf. Thibetan Tales, xxi. pp. 291-5, "How a Woman Requites Love."
[2]:
No. 538 in Westergaard.