Ekapada Jataka, Ekapada-jātaka: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOnce the Bodhisatta was born as a rich merchant in Benares. One day his son, sitting on his lap, asked him for one word which comprehended all things. The Bodhisatta said it was skill (dakkhayya). The story was told in reference to a lad in Savatthi who asked his father the Dvarapanha (question regarding the entrance to the Path). The father, not being able to answer the boy, brought him to the Buddha. J.ii.236f.
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 238: Ekapada-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]