Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

Page 2528

IV, 4, 37.
DEVADATTA.
287
datta was the superior, both in birth and in reputation among men.'
24. 'And again, when Devadatta became a man, a woodman, then the Bodisat was Nandiya the monkey king. And in that birth too the man killed the monkey, and his mother besides, and his younger brother. So in that case also it was Devadatta who was the superior in birth 1.'
25. 'And again, when Devadatta became a man, a naked ascetic, by name Karambhiya, then the Bodisat was a snake king called “the Yellow one." So in that case too it was Devadatta [202] who was the superior in birth?
26. 'And again, when Devadatta became a man, a crafty ascetic with long matted hair, then the Bodisat was a famous pig, by name “the Carpenter." So in that case too it was Devadatta who was the superior in birth 8.!
27. ‘And again, when Devadatta became a king among the Ketas, by name Sura Parikara 4, who had the power of travelling through the air at a level above men's heads, then the Bodisat was a Brah
* This is the 222nd Gâtaka, there called the Kala Nandiya Gataka.
* This is probably the 518th Gâtaka. See Mr. Trenckner's note.
* This must be the 492nd Gâtaka, the Takkha-sûkara Gâtaka, in which the hero is a learned pig who helps the carpenter in his work, and the villain of the story is a hypocrite ascetic with matted hair. But it should be added that though in the summary (Fausböll, vol. iv, p. 350) Devadatta is identified with the ascetic, the Bodisat is identified, not with the learned pig, but with the dryad.
• He is called Upakara both in the 422nd Gâtaka (of which this is a summary) and in the Sumangala (p. 258). The Gâtaka (III, 454) also gives a third variation, Apakara.
Purisamatto gagane vehâ sangamo. The Gâtaka says simply uparikaro, which must mean about the same.
Diglized by Google