Kukkuṭa Jātaka2
Jātaka猫が変装した菩薩である雄鶏を誘惑し食おうとして失敗する本生譚で、女性に誘惑された僧に関連して語られた。
The story of a cat who tried to deceive a cock — with the idea of eating him — by offering to become his wife. Her efforts failed. The cock was the Bodhisatta.
The story was told to a monk who was tempted by the sight of a woman (J.iii.265 f).
This Jātaka is illustrated in the Bharhut Stūpa. Cunningham: Pl.xlvii.5.
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