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  • 講述 Bārāṇasī 王 Udaya 的本生故事:他前世是因守齋半日而餓死的僕人,其御用理髮師 Gaṅgamāla 因解開一首關於此段前世的隱語偈頌而出家,證得辟支佛果後歸來教化國王。

  • A Jātaka about King Udaya of Bārāṇasī, reborn from a servant who died of a half-day fast, whose royal barber Gaṅgamāla learned the meaning of a cryptic verse about that past life, renounced the world, became a Pacceka Buddha, and returned to teach the king.

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