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  • 賽子遊びの名手であった菩薩が、負けた賽を口に隠すいかさまを働く相手の癖を、賽子に毒を塗ることで暴き治した話で、日用品の扱いに不注意な比丘たちに関連して説かれた本生話

  • A Jātaka about a dice player, the Bodhisatta, who exposes and cures a cheating opponent’s habit of hiding a losing die in his mouth by poisoning the dice, told in reference to monks careless in handling their requisites.

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