Full Description
Originally published in 1916, this book presents a selection from the Jatakas translated into English. The selection was made 'with the purpose of bringing together the Jataka stories of most interest, both intrinsically, and also from the point of view of the folklorist.' Notes and illustrative figures are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Jataka tales and Indian literature.
Contents
Illustrations; Introduction; Abbreviations; 1. The little gildmaster; 2. The king and the stick-gatherer; 3. King Makhādeva's grey hairs; 4. The cold half of the month; 5. The feast for the dead; 6. The monkeys and the ogre; 7. The guilty dogs; 8. The discontented ox; 9. The peacock's wooing; 10. The fowler and the quails; 11. The oldest of the animals; 12. The crane and the crab; 13. The haughty slave; 14. The pigeon and the crow; 15. The foolish friend; 16. The stupid monkeys; 17. The robbers and the treasure; 18. Great King Goodness; 19. Prince Five-Weapons; 20. The Brahmin's spell; 21. The value of a brother; 22. The grateful animals; 23. The great dreams; 24. The converted miser; 25. The valiant dwarf; 26. The stolen jewels; 27. The too-clever merchant; 28. The loquacious brahmin; 29. The three fishes; 30. The lucky sneeze; 31. The hypocritical jackal; 32. The golden goose; 33. The grateful mouse; 34. The treacherous chameleon; 35. The cunning jackal; 36. The foolhardy jackal; 37. The foolish crows; 38. The greedy jackal caught; 39. The rash magician; 40. The two good kings; 41. The grateful elephant; 42. The pet elephant; 43. The mongoose and the snake; 44. The jackal betrayed by his howl; 45. The penny-wise monkey; 46. The incomparable archer; 47. The magic treasures; 48. The ass in the lion's skin; 49. The priest in horse-trappings; 50. Ingratitude punished; 51. The goblin city; 52. The tell-tale parrot; 53. The choice of a husband; 54. The foolhardy crow; 54. The woodpecker, tortoise, and antelope; 55. The crocodile and the monkey; 56. The brahmin and the acrobat; 57. The tortoise and the geese; 58. The stolen ploughshares; 59. The hero's tasks; 60. Defeating the king of death; 61. The jackal's spell; 62. The Judas-tree; 63. The judgments of King Mirror-Face; 64. The crab and the elephant; 65. The owl as king; 66. The elephant-trainer's luck; 67. The wishing-cup; 68. The jackal and the crow; 69. The wolf's sabbath; 70. The king and the fruit-girl; 71. The woodpecker and the lion; 72. The hare's self-sacrifice; 73. Unasked-for advice; 74. The flight of the beasts; 75. The conceited mendicant; 76. The impermanence of worldly joys; 77. The testing of virtue; 78. A king's life saved by spells; 79. The heron's revenge; 80. The lion and the bull; 81. The quail's friends; 82. Queen Sussondī; 83. The betrayer betrayed; 84. The cat and the cock; 85. The language of animals; 86. The theft of a smell; 87. The lion in bad company; 88. The otters and the jackal; 89. The brahmin and the snake; 90. The brahmin's revenge on the monkeys; 91. The monkey's heroic heroic self-sacrifice; 92. The adventures of the prince and his brother; 93. The panther and the goat; 94. The grateful parrot; 95. The goblin's gift; 96. The wise goat and the jackal; 97. The ungrateful son; 98. The ten slave-bretheren; 99. Rāma and Sītā; 100. The wicked step-mother; 101. The lost charm; 102. The prince's wooing and the throne of the Buddhas; 103. The folly of garrulity; 104. The hawks and their friends; 105. The prince who could not laugh; 106. A lost friend found by a song; 107. King Sivi; 108. The evils of strong drink; 109. The white six-tusked elephant; 110. The three wise birds; 111. A king finds his friend through a song; 112. The ugly bridegroom; 113. The ineteen problems; Addenda; Index.
