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  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 78
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • VaruṇavaggaThe Warding Tree

8. IllisajātakaHerring, the Miser: a past life story

“Ubho khañjā ubho kuṇī, ubho visamacakkhukā;
visamacakkhukā → visamacakkhulā (pts) | visamacakkhukā → cakkhulā (cck: sī. pī.)
Both are lame, both crippled, both cross-eyed,
Ubhinnaṁ piḷakā jātā, nāhaṁ passāmi illisan”ti.
piḷakā → pīḷakā (cck: syā.)
and both covered in warts: I see not which is Herring.

Illisajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.
Illisajātakaṁ → illīsajātakaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)

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