Pādañjali Jātaka
JātakaA Jātaka about an idle and sneering prince, Pādañjali, whose contempt for everything disqualifies him from the throne in favor of the Bodhisatta, the royal chaplain, told of the monk Lāḷudāyī, who sneered when the two chief disciples were praised and is identified with the prince.
Brahmadatta, king of Bārāṇasī, had a son Pādañjali, who was an idle loafer. When the king died, the courtiers, headed by the Bodhisatta who was the chaplain, went to test him. At everything the boy sneered with a superior air, whether it were right or wrong; and the Bodhisatta was made king in his stead.
The story was related in reference to Lāḷudāyī, who once curled his lip in scorn when the two chief disciples were praised. Lāḷudāyī is identified with Pādañjali. J.ii.263 f.
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