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The Shining

Virocanajātaka

“Your mangled corpse.”—This story was told by the Master while at the Bamboo-grove, about Devadatta’s efforts to pose as a Buddha at Gayasisa.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Ekakanipāta
  • 0.3Kakaṇṭakavagga

0.43. Virocanajātaka

1.1PTS 1.493“Lasī ca te nipphalitā,1.2matthako ca padālito;1.3Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā,1.4ajja kho tvaṁ virocasī”ti.

2.1Virocanajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.