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Dummedha Jātaka
Jātaka一則本生故事,菩薩降生為波羅奈國王梵與,以宣稱要將一切作惡之人獻祭為誓,藉此勸阻臣民行不義之事。
A Jātaka in which the Bodhisatta, born as King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī, deters his subjects from immoral conduct by proclaiming a vow to sacrifice all wrongdoers.
Dummedha Jātaka2
Jātaka一則本生故事,菩薩降生為國王的御用寶象,逃過心懷嫉妒之王的殺害陰謀,助象夫獲得另一王國;此故事用以說明提婆達多對佛陀的嫉恨。
A Jātaka in which the Bodhisatta, born as a king’s prized state elephant, escapes a jealous king’s plot to kill him and helps his mahout win another kingdom; the story illustrates Devadatta’s envy of the Buddha.
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