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10. An irate king of the Kalige, p. 229. I remember the story, but cannot now find out the work in which it occurs.
11. Thou wast born the son of a Rishi, p. 280. This refers to the Das'aratha Játaka-to the king who killed the son of a blind hermit. It occurs in the Sánchi gateway. See Fergusson's Sánchi Topo, p. 208, and my Antiquities of Orissa, I, p. 89.
12. The lord of deer, p. 230. The story occurs in the Mahávastu Avadána. See my Sanskrit-Buddhist Literature of Nepal, p. 123.
13. A bird approached thee, p. 23. The story occurs repeatedly in both Buddhist and Hindu legends; the latest English version occurs in Lord Lytton's Glenaveril.'
1.1. Thou didst live as a parrot on a tree, p. 280. The story occurs in the Avadan. S'ataka.
15. The Mani jewel, p 231. ante, p. 33.
Described in Chapter V, vide
16. The yak preserves its hair, p. 231. The shaggy coat of long hair which covers the yak is its protection from the icy cold of the Tibetan plateau, and the animal is believed to be particularly careful in its preservation.
17. O noble elephant p. 231. This refers to the story of Buddha's ontering his mother's womb in the form of an elephant, vide ante, p. 91.
18. Thou didst carry on thy shoulders a man, p. 232. The story occurs in the Avadina S'ataka.
19. A noble horse of a golden colour, p. 232. The Lord was born as a horse four times, and there are four different stories current. The one referred to here occurs in the Mahávastu Avadána, and an abstract of it is given in my Sanskrit-Buddhist Literature of Nepal, p. 155.
20 Thou wast Nimindhara, Nimi, Krishnabandhu Brahmadatta and Kesari, p. 233. These occupy a prominent part in Buddhist birth stories, and are described as princes of ancient times.
21. Thou didst as Soma (Sutasoma) Diptavírya, and Punya. rasmi, p. 283. I am not certain whether the text means three persons, or one person (the first) having for his epithet the second and the third words. The story of Sutasoma occurs repeatedly in the Játakas and the Avadánas. Cf. Sanskrit-Buddhist Literature of Nepal, pp. 47-56.
