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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 13
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • SīlavaggaEthics

3. KaṇḍijātakaThe Arrow: a past life story

“Dhiratthu kaṇḍinaṁ sallaṁ, purisaṁ gāḷhavedhinaṁ;Curse the dart, the arrow that deeply strikes a man. Dhiratthu taṁ janapadaṁ, yatthitthī pariṇāyikā;
yatthitthī pariṇāyikā → yatthitthi parināyikā (bj); yatth itthī parināyikā (pts)
Curse the nation where women rule.
Te cāpi dhikkitā sattā, ye itthīnaṁ vasaṅgatā”ti.
dhikkitā → dhikkatā (?) | cāpi → vāpi (sya-all) | cāpi → tevāpi (bj: syā) | dhikkitā → dhikkatā (cck: ?)
Those creatures are cursed who fall to women’s sway.

Kaṇḍijātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.
Kaṇḍijātakaṁ → kaṇḍinajātakaṁ (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)

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