Nangalisa Jataka, Naṅgalisa-jataka: 1 definition
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Nangalisa Jataka means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Once the Bodhisatta was a Brahmin teacher, and among his five hundred pupils was a very foolish but devoted youth, who had a knack of saying the wrong thing. Hoping to cure him, the Bodhisatta asked him to report anything which he saw.
One day the youth saw a snake, and on being asked by the Bodhisatta how it looked, he answered, like the shaft of a plough (nangalisa). The Bodhisatta thought the simile good, but when it was used again about an elephant, a sugar cane, molasses and even curds and milk, he realized that the boy was hopeless. The story was told in reference to Laludayi, who never made an appropriate remark. Laludayi is identified with the youth. J.i.446ff.
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: Nangalisa, Jataka.
Full-text: Laludayi.
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