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Ja 5

A Cup of Rice: a past life story

5. Taṇḍulanāḷijātaka

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A Cup of Rice: a past life story

“Speak, o king: what value has a cup of rice
for the pricing of horses?”
“He values a cup of rice
at Varanasi with its suburbs!”

Translation: German (Julius Dutoit, 1872–1958), published 1908–1916 · in copyright until the end of 2028, source palikanon.com. Pāli and English (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0). See Sources & Thanks. The title and the verse are additionally available in the German translation by Ayyā Sabbamittā (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0).

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