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Of Diverse Desires

Nānāchandajātaka

“We live in one house”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about the venerable Ananda’s taking a valuable article. The circumstances will be explained in the Junha Birth, in the Eleventh Book.

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

0.49. Nānāchandajātaka

1.1PTS 2.428“Nānāchandā mahārāja,1.2ekāgāre vasāmase;1.3Ahaṁ gāmavaraṁ icche,1.4brāhmaṇī ca gavaṁ sataṁ”.

2.1Putto ca ājaññarathaṁ,2.2kaññā ca maṇikuṇḍalaṁ;2.3Yā cesā puṇṇikā jammī,2.4udukkhalaṁbhikaṅkhati.

3.1PTS 2.429“Brāhmaṇassa gāmavaraṁ,3.2brāhmaṇiyā gavaṁ sataṁ;3.3Puttassa ājaññarathaṁ,3.4kaññāya maṇikuṇḍalaṁ;3.5Yañcetaṁ puṇṇikaṁ jammiṁ,3.6paṭipādethudukkhalan”ti.

4.1Nānāchandajātakaṁ navamaṁ.