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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 22
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • KuruṅgavaggaThe Four-horned Antelope

2. KukkurajātakaHounds: a past life story

“Ye kukkurā rājakulamhi vaddhā, koleyyakā vaṇṇabalūpapannā;
rājakulamhi vaddhā → rājakulasmi vaḍḍhā (sya-all) | rājakulamhi → rājakulasmi (pts) | vaddhā → rājakulasmi vaḍḍhā (bj: syā) vaṇṇabalūpapannā → vaṇṇakhalūpapannā (bj)
The dogs raised in the royal family, pedigreed, handsome and strong,
Teme na vajjhā mayamasma vajjhā, nāyaṁ saghaccā dubbalaghātikāyan”ti.
mayamasma → mayam asmā (pts) saghaccā → saghacchā (bj: machasaṁ)
are not slaughtered, we are slaughtered— this is not the mutts deserving death, this is the killing of the weak.

Kukkurajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.
dutiyaṁ → (bj)

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