Telapatta Jataka, Telapatta-jātaka: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Bodhisatta was once the youngest of one hundred sons of the king of Benares. He heard from the Pacceka Buddhas, who took their meals in the palace, that he would become king of Takkasila if he could reach it without falling a prey to the ogresses who waylaid travellers in the forest. Thereupon, he set out with five of his brothers who wished to accompany him. On the way through the forest the five in succession succumbed to the charms of the ogresses, and were devoured. One ogress followed the Bodhisatta right up to the gates of Takkasila, where the king took her into the palace, paying no heed to the Bodhisattas warning. The king succumbed to her wiles, and, during the night, the king and all the inhabitants of the palace were eaten by the ogress and her companions. The people, realising the sagacity and strength of will of the Bodhisatta, made him their king.
The story was related in reference to the Janapada Kalyani Sutta (q.v.). The monks said it must be very hard not to look at a janapada kalyani, but the Buddha denied this and related the above story (J.i.393ff).
The Jataka seems also to have been called the Takkasila Jataka (J.i.470).
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.
Full-text: Takkasila Jataka, Desaka, Pancagaru Jataka, Takkasila.
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Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
The Takṣaśilā centre of learning < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 96: Telapatta-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XXVII < [Book VI - Madanamañcukā]