5. Taṇḍulanāḷijātaka

A Cup of Rice: a past life story

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 5

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Apaṇṇakavagga

Sure Bet

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5. Taṇḍulanāḷijātaka

A Cup of Rice: a past life story

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“Kimagghati taṇḍulanāḷikāyaṁ,

“Speak, o king: what value has a cup of rice

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Assāna mūlāya vadehi rāja;

for the pricing of horses?”

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Bārāṇasiṁ santarabāhirantaṁ,

“He values a cup of rice

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Ayamagghati taṇḍulanāḷikā”ti.

at Varanasi with its suburbs!”

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Taṇḍulanāḷijātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.