Jambuka2
PersonA parrot, the Bodhisatta in a former birth, who as the adopted son of King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī taught him the five kinds of power and was made commander-in-chief.
A parrot, an incarnation of the Bodhisatta, adopted as his son by Brahmadatta, king of Bārāṇasī. He taught the king on the fivefold power — of limbs, of wealth, of counsel, of caste and of wisdom — the last being the best. The king thereupon appointed him commander-in-chief. J.v.111, 120, 125.
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