Ubbarī3
PersonLa belle reine consort du roi Assaka de Potali, dont le corps fut embaumé et gardé sous son lit par le roi endeuillé, mais qui, ayant été vaniteuse de sa beauté de son vivant, renaquit sous forme de ver de fumier.
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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