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The Jackal Wearing Lionskin

Sīhacammajātaka

“Nor lion, nor tiger I see”—This story, like the last, was about Kokalika, told by the Master in Jetavana. This time he wanted to intone. The Master. on hearing of it told the following story.

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

0.49. Sīhacammajātaka

1.1PTS 2.110“Netaṁ sīhassa naditaṁ,1.2na byagghassa na dīpino;1.3Pāruto sīhacammena,1.4jammo nadati gadrabho”.

2.1“Cirampi kho taṁ khādeyya,2.2gadrabho haritaṁ yavaṁ;2.3Pāruto sīhacammena,2.4ravamānova dūsayī”ti.

3.1Sīhacammajātakaṁ navamaṁ.