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Jewel-Neck the Dragon King

Maṇikaṇṭhajātaka

“Rich food and drink”—This story the Master told while he was dwelling at the shrine of Aggalava, near Alavi, about the rules for building cells.

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

0.43. Maṇikaṇṭhajātaka

1.1PTS 2.284“Mamannapānaṁ vipulaṁ uḷāraṁ,1.2Uppajjatīmassa maṇissa hetu;1.3Taṁ te na dassaṁ atiyācakosi,1.4Na cāpi te assamamāgamissaṁ.

2.1Susū yathā sakkharadhotapāṇī,2.2Tāsesi maṁ selaṁ yācamāno;2.3Taṁ te na dassaṁ atiyācakosi,2.4Na cāpi te assamamāgamissaṁ”.

3.1PTS 2.285“Na taṁ yāce yassa piyaṁ jigīse,3.2Desso hoti atiyācanāya;3.3Nāgo maṇiṁ yācito brāhmaṇena,3.4Adassanaṁyeva tadajjhagamā”ti.

4.1Maṇikaṇṭhajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.