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Ubbarī3

Person

पोतलि के राजा अस्सक की सुंदर रानी, जिसका शव शोकाकुल राजा ने सुरक्षित रखवाकर अपने पलंग के नीचे रखा था, किंतु जीवित रहते अपने सौंदर्य पर घमंड करने के कारण वह गोबर के कीड़े के रूप में पुनर्जन्मी।

Queen Consort of Assaka, king of Potali in the Kāsi kingdom. She was extremely beautiful and, when she died, the king had her body embalmed and placed in a coffin which was put under his bed. She, however, was born as a dung-worm because she had been intoxicated by her own beauty. The story is related in the Assaka Jātaka. J.ii.155 ff.

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