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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 5
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • ApaṇṇakavaggaSure Bet

5. TaṇḍulanāḷijātakaA Cup of Rice: a past life story

“Kimagghati taṇḍulanāḷikāyaṁ, assāna mūlāya vadehi rāja;
Kimagghati… taṇḍulanāḷikā”ti → kimagghatī taṇḍulanāḷikā ca, bārāṇasīantarabāhirāni. assapañcasatetāni, ekā taṇḍulanāḷikāti. (sya1ed, sya2ed) | taṇḍulanāḷikāyaṁ → … nāḷikā ca (si, sya1ed, sya2ed); … nāḷikāya (bj-a) | cullaseṭṭhijātakaṁ → cullaka (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | kimagghati → kiṁ agghati (bj: machasaṁ) | Kimagghati → kimagghatī taṇḍulanāḷikā ca, bārāṇasī antarabāhirāni; assapañcasate tāni, ekā taṇḍulanāḷikāti; (cck: syā.) rāja → rājā (bj: machasaṁ) | rāja → nāḷikā ca (cck: sī.); nāḷikāya (cck: ka. sī. aṭṭha.)
“Speak, O King: what value has a cup of rice for the pricing of horses?”
Bārāṇasiṁ santarabāhirantaṁ, ayamagghati taṇḍulanāḷikā”ti.
santarabāhirantaṁ → bāhirāni (sya1ed, sya2ed); … bāhirato (csp1ed) | santarabāhirantaṁ → santarabāhirato (cck) | santarabāhirantaṁ → bārāṇasī santarabāhirako (bj: machasaṁ) | santarabāhirato → bāhirantaṁ (cck: sī.) taṇḍulanāḷikāti → kimagghati taṇḍulatāḷikāva khārāṇasi antarabāhirāni, assapañcasatenāti ekā taṇḍulanāḷikāti (bj: syā) | taṇḍulanāḷikāti → kimagghatī vaṇḍulanāḷikā ca, bārāṇasī antarabāhirāni; assapañcasate tāni, ekā taṇḍulanāḷikāti; (cck: syā.)
“He values a cup of rice at Varanasi with its suburbs!”

Taṇḍulanāḷijātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.
Taṇḍulanāḷijātakaṁ → taṇḍulanālijātakaṁ (pts-vp-pli1) | pañcamaṁ → (bj)

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