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Sujātā the Merchant’s Daughter

Sujātajātaka

“Those who are dowered”—This story the Master told while living in Jetavana about one Sujata, a daughter-in-law of Anatha-pindika, daughter of the great merchant Dhananjaya, and youngest sister of Visakha.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Tikanipāta
0.3Padumavagga

0.49. Sujātajātaka

1.1PTS 2.350“Na hi vaṇṇena sampannā,1.2mañjukā piyadassanā;1.3Kharavācā piyā hoti,1.4asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.
2.1Nanu passasimaṁ kāḷiṁ,2.2dubbaṇṇaṁ tilakāhataṁ;2.3Kokilaṁ saṇhavācena,2.4bahūnaṁ pāṇinaṁ piyaṁ.
3.1Tasmā sakhilavācassa,3.2mantabhāṇī anuddhato;3.3Atthaṁ dhammañca dīpeti,3.4madhuraṁ tassa bhāsitan”ti.

4.1Sujātajātakaṁ navamaṁ.