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The Cheating Merchant

Kūṭavāṇijajātaka

“Well planned indeed!”— This story the Master told while staying in Jetavana, about a dishonest trader.

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

0.1Jātaka
0.2Dukanipāta
0.3Bīraṇathambhavagga

0.48. Kūṭavāṇijajātaka

1.1PTS 2.183“Saṭhassa sāṭheyyamidaṁ sucintitaṁ,1.2Paccoḍḍitaṁ paṭikūṭassa kūṭaṁ;1.3Phālañce khādeyyuṁ mūsikā,1.4Kasmā kumāraṁ kulalā na hareyyuṁ.
2.1Kūṭassa hi santi kūṭakūṭā,2.2Bhavati cāpi nikatino nikatyā;2.3Dehi puttanaṭṭha phālanaṭṭhassa phālaṁ,2.4Mā te puttamahāsi phālanaṭṭho”ti.

3.1Kūṭavāṇijajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.