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The Woman Kosiya

Kosiyajātaka

“You may ail or eat.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a woman of Savatthi. She is said to have been the wicked wife of a good and virtuous brahmin, who was a lay-brother. Her nights she spent in gadding about; whilst by day she did not a stroke of work, but made out to be ill and lay abed groaning.

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0.410. Kosiyajātaka

1.1PTS 1.464“Yathā vācā ca bhuñjassu,1.2yathā bhuttañca byāhara;1.3Ubhayaṁ te na sameti,1.4vācā bhuttañca kosiye”ti.

2.1Kosiyajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

2.2Kusanāḷivaggo terasamo.

3.1Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Kusanāḷisirivhayano ca yasaṁ,4.2Dadhi mamba kaṭāhakapañcamako;4.3Atha pāpaka khīra biḷāravataṁ,4.4Sikhi kosiyasavhayanena dasāti.