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  • 知らずに人肉を食べたことで人肉を好むようになり、追放された人食いの暴君となったバーラーナシー王ブラフマダッタを、旧臣カーラハッティが森で見つけ出し悔悟させようとするジャータカ

  • A Jātaka about King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī, who develops a taste for human flesh after unknowingly eating it, turns into a murderous cannibal driven from his kingdom, and is eventually confronted in the forest by his former commander Kāḷahatthi, who tries to turn him from his crimes.

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