Khambesvari puujaa with Buffalo sacrifice

Artur Karp karp at MERCURY.CI.UW.EDU.PL
Sun Feb 18 20:26:26 UTC 2001


At 21:59 01-02-16 +0000, N. Ganesan wrote:

In the Buddhist DhonasAkha JAtaka, a king is advised by priests
to sarifice 1000 captured princes.

Is it not VenasAkha-jAtaka?

Regards,

A. Karp


On closer look, no mistake about the Jataka nr 353: it is known as
DhonasAkha (Pali Proper Names Dictionary, Vol. I, p. 1162-1163 ) and as
VenasAkha (Chattha-Sangayana CD-Rom).

Regards,

A.K.





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