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Pāḷi MS Trn: Bhikkhu Sujato

  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 26
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • KuruṅgavaggaThe Four-horned Antelope

6. MahiḷāmukhajātakaThe Elephant Named Ladyface: a past life story

“Purāṇacorāna vaco nisamma, mahiḷāmukho pothayamanvacārī;
mahiḷāmukho pothayamanvacārī susaññatānañhi → mabhilāmukho pothayamānucāri susaññatānaṁ hi (bj) | pothayamanvacārī susaññatānañhi → pothayamānucāri susaññatānaṁ hi (sya-all) | pothayamānucāri → pothayamanavacāri (bj: machasaṁ) | pothayamānucāri → anavadhāri ayameva vā pāṭhoti aṭṭhakathā (bj note)Before, hearing the speech of the bandits, ladyface went on a rampage. Susaññatānañhi vaco nisamma, gajuttamo sabbaguṇesu aṭṭhā”ti.But hearing the speech of the well-restrained, the supreme elephant is established in all good qualities.

Mahiḷāmukhajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.
Mahiḷāmukhajātakaṁ → mahilāmukhajātakaṁ (bj, pts-vp-pli1)

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