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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The Bodhisatta was once a quail. There was a fowler who enticed quails by imitating their cry and then throwing a net over them. The Bodhisatta suggested that when the fowler did this, they should all fly away with the net. This they did, and, day after day, the fowler returned empty handed till his wife grew angry. One day, two of the quails started quarrelling, and the Bodhisatta, hearing their wrangling, decided to go elsewhere with his following. When the fowler came again and spread his net, the two quails started quarrelling, and he was able to capture them.

This was one of the, stories related at the time of the quarrel (Cumbatakalaha) between the Sakyans and the Koliyans (J.i.208 10). See also the introductory story of the Kunala Jataka. Elsewhere the story is called the Vattaka Jataka. E.g., J.v.414.

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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: Jataka, Sammodamana.

Full-text: Vattaka Jataka.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Sammodamana Jataka, Sammodamāna-jātaka; (plurals include: Sammodamana Jatakas, jātakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)

Jataka 33: Sammodamāna-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]

Jataka 536: Kuṇāla-jātaka < [Volume 5]

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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)

Discourse on Vattaka Jātaka (or Sammodamāna Jātaka) < [Chapter 22 - Founding of Vesali]

Part 6 - War between the Sakyans of Kapilavatthu and of Koliya < [Chapter 22 - Founding of Vesali]

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