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  • A Jātaka telling of the Bodhisatta as an antelope who evaded a huntsman’s ambush, the huntsman being identified with Devadatta and the tale told in reference to his plots against the Buddha.

  • A Jātaka of three animal friends — an antelope (the Bodhisatta), a woodpecker (Sāriputta), and a tortoise (Mahā-Moggallāna) — who together outwit a huntsman identified with Devadatta; the tale is figured on the Bharhut Stupa.

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