"Sagga and Sussondi"

[Klaus Karttunen]

n 21 Jan 99 at 14:28, John Napier wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm trying to locate the source of a story recounted in Fox Strangways'
> "Music of Hindostan". In this story the minstrel Sagga sets out on a ship
> in search of Queen Sussondi. The sailors insist that he sing. At first he
> refuses on the grounds that it would send the fishes wild with excitement.
> They insist. When he sings, as he predicted, a sea-monster sinks the ship.
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> John Napier

It is the PAli SussondijAtaka (JAtaka n. 360 Fausbo/ll).