CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations xi
A note on the texts xiii
Author's note xvii
Introduction xix
The Far Past: The Bodhisatta Vow and the Ten Perfections 1
1 A True Story (1) 7
2 The Story of Makhadeva (9) 26
3 The Cane Stalk Story (20) 31
4 The Story of the Partridge (37) 37
5 The Vedabbha Mantra (48) 43
6 The Story of Five Weapons (55) 51
7 The Story of the Fish (75) 60
8 The Hair Standing on End Story (94) 66
9 The Story of the Great King of Glory(95) 75
10 The Story of More than a Thousand (99) 80
11 The Story of the Draining Bucket 84
12 A Rustic Story (108) 87
13 The Kusa Grass Story (121) 90
14 The Cat Story (128) 95
15 The Story of the Kimsuka Tree (248) 99
16 The Story of the Tortoise (273) 104
17 The Story of the One who Taught Forbearance (313) 108
18 The Story of the Hare (316) 114
19 The Story of Nandiya the Deer (385) 122
20 The Story of the Barleymeal Sack (402) 129
21 The Story of the Monkey King (407) 142
22 The Story of the Swift Goose (476) 149
23 The Story of Campeyya (506) 158
24 The Story of Temiya, the Dumb Cripple (538) 179
25 The Story of Mahajanaka (539) 222
26 The Story of Sama (540) 274
Further reading and bibliography 311
Appendix A The disciples of the Buddha 321
Appendix B: Cosmology 323
Appendix C: Indian sites that Portary Jatakas 326
Glossary and index of proper names 327
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