Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 21
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ 226 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [August, 1892. Below, No. 3. Maghadeviya jataka. Fausboll's No. 9. Makhadeva-játaka. → 6. Sujato gahuto jataka. » » 352. Sujâta-játaka. Bidala-jata[k]a, (alias) » » 7. → 383. Kukkata-ja-aka. " Kukuta-jataka. 10. Isi-migo jataka. .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . . 12. Kinara-jậtakam. Vol. IV. pp. 252 to 254. 14. Uda-jataka. No. 400. Dabbhapuppha-játaka. 13. Secbha-jataka. » 174. Dùbhiyamakkata-játaka. 17. Bhisaharaniya jatakan). 488. Bhisa-jûtaka. 32. Någa-játaka. » 267. Kakkata-játaba. 37. Miga-játakam. 482. Raru-jậtaka(?). 72. Yavamajhakiyan játakan, 85. Chhadartiya játakam. » » 514. Chhaddanta-jatake. 86. Vitura-Punakiya jatakan. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 109. LaļuvA-játaka. , 357. Latakika-játaka. , 155. M[u]ga(pa]k[i]y[e]j[A]ta[ka]. ................... „ 156. Isis[imgiya já]taska). 528. Alambusa-jậtaka. ,,157. Yam bram[h]ano avayesi jatakan. » 62. Andabhâta-jậtaka. ,, 158. Hamsa-jataka. , 32. Nachcha-játaka. Cunningham's Plate xxvii. No. 9. 206. Kurangamiga-jataka. » » » 13. , 181. Asadisa-jậtaka. » » » 14. „ 461. Dasaratha-játaka. , xxxiii. , 4. , 407. Mahâkapi-jậtaka. ,, xliii. , 8. » 12. Nigrôdhe miga-jataka. xly., 5. ► Nog. 46 and 268. Aramadusaka-játaka. It appears from the above table that the titles of the single Játakas in the Bharaut inscrip. tions generally differ more or less from those which are adopted in the standard redaction of the Játaka book. A very curious proof for the antiquity of the verses which are handed down to us in the Jataka book, is afforded by the inscription No. 157, which quotes the first pada of one of these verseg.7 As discovered by the late Professor Childers (Páli Dictionary, p. ix, note 3), an alınost literal quotation from the Life of Buddha, which is prefixed to the Játaka book (Vol. I. p. 92), occurs in the inscription No. 38. The announcement of the future conception of Buddha (No. 80), his descent to earth (No. 98), and the festival in honour of his hair-lock (No. 78), are referred to in the seme introduction to the Játaka, Vol. I. pp. 48, 50, and 65. The assembly (of ascetics) with matted hair' (jatila, No. 13) is probably intended for UruvolaKassapa and his followers (Vol. I. p. 82 f.). The Indrašala cave (No. 99) corresponds to the Indrasaila cave of the Northern Buddhists, who also mention the visits of king Prasênajit of Kosala and of the serpent king Airavate to Buddha (Nos. 58 and 60). The visit of Ajátaśatru (No. 77) is described in the records of both Northern and Southern Buddhists. In the inscriptions, Buddha is generally designated Bhagavat, the Blessed one,' and once (No. 46) Sakyamuni, Of the former Buddhas the following are named: - Vipaśyin, Viśvablů, Kakutsamdha, Konagamana, Kaśyapa. The inscriptions also mention Sudharmi, the hall of the gode,' Vaijayanta, the palace (of Indra),' the two classes of deities called Kamavachara and Suddhîvâsa, and give the names of four celestial nymphs (apsaras), three goddesses (dévata), one angel (dévaputra), one vidyddhara, six male and two female yakshas, 7 The chief story of the fifth book of tho Pafchatantra is closely related to the Chatudvdrajataka (Fausboll's No. 489). At the beginning of the Panchatantra story oocure the following verse (No. 22 of the Bombay edition): - अति लोभी न कर्तव्यो लोभमेव परित्यजेत् । अतिलोभाभिभूतस्य चक्र धमति मस्तके ॥ The fourth pada of this verso la idention with that of the 5th verse of the Chatudvdrajataka, the second half of which reads : ichchhahatassa pásassa chakhash bhamati matthake.

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