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Cave No. 2 Identification: Schlingloff 2013. For the story, vide Cave 1, No. 53. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Related Images:

Identification: Oldenburg (1895, narrative no. 12); Lüders (1902, p. 758 f. = trans. 1903, p. 326 f.).—There was an ascetic, Kṣāntivādin (Preacher of Meekness and Forgiveness), who lived and preached in a forest. On a hot summer’s day, a king came to the forest with his female companions. They took a communal dip in pond.…

Cave No. 2 Identification: Lüders (1902, p. 761 f. = trans. 1903, p. 328). For the story, vide Cave 1, No. 50. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; cf. Schlingloff 2013, I, 238-241 Related Images:

Cave No. 2 Identification: Schlingloff (1977, p. 57–68). For the story, vide Cave 1, narrative no. 46. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Related Images:

Cave No. 2 Identification: Oldenburg (1895, narrative no. 1).— A king of the geese (haṃsas) lived on the shores of a lake in the Himalayas with his general and a huge flock of geese. Sages and commoners alike admired their beauty and wisdom, which even became a topic in the assemblies of kings. On hearing…

Cave No. 2 Identification: some episodes by Foucher (1921), others by Schlingloff (1983; 1987), cf. Schlingloff (2013, vol. I, p. 378). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.— When the time had come for the Bodhisattva to have his last rebirth, celestial hymns were chanted. After that, he went to the assembly of…

Cave No. 2 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 57). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.—For the abstract of the story, vide narrative no. 88. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Schlingloff 2013, I, 488-490 Related Images:

Cave No. 2 Identification: Foucher (1919/1921, p. 60).— There was a goldenfleeced rúru or svarṇa-mṛga (stag) who lived near a torrent. Once, he rescued a drowning man, and thereafter requested the man not to tell anyone about his whereabouts so that the humans would not come after him to get his golden fleece. Around this…

Cave No. 2 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 11).— Vidhura, the loyal Prime Minister of the Kuru king, was famous for his wisdom even in the kingdom of the nāgas (serpents). One day, the nāga queen requested for the heart of Vidhura. Thereupon, the nāga king asked for the help of the nāga princess to…

Cave No. 2 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 3). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.— Bhava was a merchant from the ancient city of Śūrpāraka or Śroṇāparāntaka, today’s Nala Sopārā in the Mumbai region. When he fell ill, his wife and sons refused to take care of him. Instead, a maid nursed…