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#05. Udaya
Cave No. 9 (No photo.) Identification: Schlingloff 1995.— A prince named Udaya was reborn as a yakṣa (a class of semi-divine being marked by genius). To keep his promise to his wife, he visited her in the palace and asked for some favours. The princess, not recognising him, wondered how he had entered the well-guarded…
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#67. Kāśyapa
Cave No. 9 Identification: episodes 1 to 3 by Foucher (1921, narrative no. 53), 4 to 8 by Schlingloff (2013). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.— As the Buddha began teaching his sermon and accepted his first disciples as monks in his doctrine, he thought of converting an ascetic. Thus, he went…
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#84. Devāvatāra
Cave No. 16 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative nos. 58–60). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.—After defeating the ascetics with his superhuman powers, the Buddha went to Indra’s heaven. He spent three months there and preached the doctrine to his mother, who was reborn as a goddess, besides other gods and goddesses. On…
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#56. Sutasoma
Cave No. 16 Sutasoma. (No photo.) Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 20). For the story, vide Cave 17, No. 57. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; cf. Schlingloff 2013, I, 251-252 Related Images:
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#12. Vartakāpota
Cave No. 1 (No photo.) Identification: Schlingloff (1977a, p. 458 f.)— There was a little vartakā (Hindi/Gujarati baṭér; Eng. quail). It had eaten only the vegetative leftovers of the food brought to the nest by its parents. Once there was a forest fire, which soon approached the nest. All the birds flown away except the little…
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#21. Mahiṣa
Cave No. 17 (No photo.) Identification: Begley (1966, p. 141). For the story, vide Cave 17, narrative no. 22. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Related Images:
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#36. Vyāghrī
Cave No. 16 (No photo.) Identification: Begley (1966, p. 125, n. 9).— Once there was a tigress in a jungle. A brahman was passing by. He saw her starving. He feared that she might eat her own cubs. So, he climbed a hillock and jumped to death in front of her so that the tigress can…
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#42. Viśvantara
Cave No. 16 (No photo.) Identification: Chakravarti in Yazdani (vol. III, 1946, p. 96).— Prince Viśvantara practised extreme form of charity. He never refused donation to anybody. He owned an esteemed elephant and rode often to inspect the donation halls. Once, brahmans from a hostile neighbouring kingdom asked the elephant in donation. Viśvantara gave away the…
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#33. Bisa
Cave No. 16 Identification: Schlingloff (1977a, p. 466 f.)— Along with his six brothers, a sister, a friend, and servants, a brahman and his family had renounced the worldly life. They dedicated their lives to meditation. Each lived alone in a hut and met once in five days to receive spiritual discourse from their eldest…