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Maṅgalajātaka

“Whoso renounces.”—This story was told by the Master while at the Bamboo-grove about a brahmin who was skilled in the prognostications which can be drawn from pieces of cloth.

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

0.47. Maṅgalajātaka

1.1PTS 1.374“Yassa maṅgalā samūhatāse,1.2Uppātā supinā ca lakkhaṇā ca;1.3So maṅgaladosavītivatto,1.4Yugayogādhigato na jātumetī”ti.

2.1Maṅgalajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.