Vinilak Jataka: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA golden goose once paired with a crow and they had a son of blue black hue, whom they called Vinilaka. The goose had two sons, and they, noticing that their father often went to Mithila to see Vinilaka, offered to go and fetch him. They perched Vinilaka on a stick and dew with the ends of the stick in their beaks. As they flew over Mithila, Vinilaka saw King Videha (the Bodhisatta) riding in his state chariot and boasted that Videha was no better off than he himself, since he was being carried by a pair of golden geese. The geese, in their anger, wished to drop him, but took him on to their father and told him of his sons words. The goose was very angry on hearing this and sent Vinilaka home to his mother.
The story was related in reference to an attempt by Devadatta, at Gayasisa, to imitate the Buddha when he was visited by Sariputta and Moggallana.
Vinilaka is identified with Devadatta. J.ii.38 f
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.
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