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Paduma Jātaka
Jātaka貯水池を世話する醜い癩病患者から、兄たちがへつらいを試みて失敗した後、正直な息子だけが蓮の花束を丸ごと受け取るという本生譚で、菩提樹の祠に供える蓮を探すアーナンダにちなんで説かれた。
A birth story about a merchant’s honest son who alone receives a full bunch of lotuses from a disfigured leper tending a tank, after his brothers try flattery instead, told in reference to Ānanda’s search for lotuses to offer at the Bodhi tree shrine.
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