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One of two butchers both named Nanda, one of whom killed the other in a dispute over a slaughtered cow’s head and tail, and was consequently reborn in hell.

There were once two butchers named Nanda. One day they killed a cow, and the younger asked that he might take the head and the tail as he had many children. The elder refused and was killed by the other. However, the murderer had no peace of mind thereafter, and, on his death, was born in hell. ItvA.82; also AA.i.295; but here the names are not mentioned.

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