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Lucky Unlucky

Sirikāḷakaṇṇijātaka

“Even though women may be fair”—This story will be given in the Maha-ummagga Jātaka.

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

0.42. Sirikāḷakaṇṇijātaka

1.1PTS 6.349“Itthī siyā rūpavatī,1.2sā ca sīlavatī siyā;1.3Puriso taṁ na iccheyya,1.4saddahāsi mahosadha”.

2.1“Saddahāmi mahārāja,2.2puriso dubbhago siyā;2.3Sirī ca kāḷakaṇṇī ca,2.4na samenti kudācanan”ti.

3.1Sirikāḷakaṇṇijātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.