Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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0.1

Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 7

0.2

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

0.3

Kulāvakavagga

Nests

0.4

2. Naccajātaka

Dancing: a past life story

1.1

“Rudaṁ manuññaṁ rucirā ca piṭṭhi,

Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant,

1.2

Veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā ca gīvā;

your neck the color of sapphire,

1.3

Byāmamattāni ca pekhuṇāni,

and your feathers a full fathom long;

1.4

Naccena te dhītaraṁ no dadāmī”ti.

still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.

2.1

Naccajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.