INDEX

Abhaya, Prince, his birth, 89; becomes a coachmaker, 93

Abja, Prince, 247

Actor, the overreached, story of, 240

Ādarśamukha, elected king, 30; his wisdom, 31; his judgments, 34–6

Ajātaśatru, King, cured by Jīvaka, 107–9; intrigue with Bhadrā, 204–5

Almsgiving, Viśvantara’s extraordinary, 258–69

Amogha-chain, 49

Āmrapālī, born of a tree, 85; her intrigue with King Bimbisāra, 88

Anishtaprāpṭa, beguiled by Utpalavarṇā, 210

Annapāna, Prince, his birth, 128

Artificial maiden, 361

Artists, tales about, 360–3

Aśoka, the tree, 68

Ass as singer, story of the, 323

Asseverations, power of, 228, 284

Āśuga, his birth, 228; his magic lute, 230; blinded, 231; killed, 232

Asuras, war between gods and, 17

Ātreya, the physician, teaches Jīvaka, 94–9

Bahvannapāna, birth, 129; chosen king, 131

Basket, lover hidden in, 159

Bath of blood, 60

Bhadrā, her birth, 192; her marriage and continence, 197–201; lives with Nirgranthas, 202

Bhikshus, the six, 244–6

Bhikshuṇīs, the twelve, 243

Bimbisāra, King, 80; marries Vāsavī, 83; intrigues with Āmrapālī, 89; with a merchant’s wife, 91; his adventures with two Nāgarājas, 236–40

Blue jackal, story of the, 336

Brahmadatta, King, 227–8, 231–2

Brilliant maiden, a, 193

Buddha, legend of the, 189, 202–3, 240–4

Burial of widow with husband’s corpse, 226

Butterfly River, 64

Cat, the hypocritical, story of the, 344

Centipedes extracted from heads, 98, 100, 103

Chaṇḍāla supplanted by Brahman, 288

Charaka, the parrot, 169, 172–4

Clever thief, story of the, 39–43

Competition between two artists, story of, 362

Cock, eater of, becomes king, 130

Continence in married life, 197

Courtesans, 210, 215, 217–9, 221

Cripple preferred by wife to husband, 291

Crocodile River, 64

Crow, the revengeful, story of the, 356

Crow with golden cap, story of the, 355

Csoma Körösi, Alexander, memoir, xii.–xxiii.

Daṇḍin, adventures of, 31–36

Demon, park haunted by a, 101

Demon-fat, 60

Dhana, King, 44, 51, 60

Dharma-rāja, 66

Disease-revealing gem, 100

Dog, intrigue discovered by, 147; taught to speak, 175

Dramatic performance, 240–6

Dream, woman enjoyed in a, 163

Dropsy personified, 101

Dsanglun, the, 29

Dumb cripple, story of the, 247–52

Dūrvā grass, 301

Ear-splitting shell, 23, 27

Enigmas, 138

Eggs, thirty-two princes born from, 125

European folk-tales, xxxvi–lxv

Female beauty, described, 55

Five lovers, story of the, 299

Five sleepless beings, 66

Flight of the beasts, story of the, 296

Folk-tales, European, xxxvi-lxv

Fulfilled prophecy, story of the, 273

Gandhamādana mountain, 288

Gazelle and hunter, story of the, 347

Gazelle-Horn, boy named, 253

Girika, the Nāgarāja, 236

Goddess of virgins, 193

Gods, the dish-bearing, garland-wearing, and ever-elevated, 12–13; the city of the thirty-three, 14–16; war with Asuras, 17; duration of life, 20

Gopāla, son of Śakala, 75, 78–9, 82, 89

Grateful animals, story of the, 309

Guilty dogs, story of the, 342

Hastināpura, 44

Hodgson, Brian H., xxiii–xxv

Human flesh eating, 84

Husband freely chosen by princess, 283

Hypocritical cat, story of the, 344

Ichneumon, mouse, and snakes, story of the, 308

Incredulity punished, story of, 350

Indra, Kuśa aided by, 23, 28

Insight, the five kinds of, 3

Ivory carver and painter, story of the, 360

Jackal and lion, story of the, 335

Jackal as calumniator, story of the, 325

Jackal hanged by ox, story of the, 339

Jackal in elephant’s footprints, story of the, 341

Jambu River, 191

Janaka, king of Videhā, 128

Janmachitra, the Nāga, 46–50

Jewel-strewing, 2

Jīvaka, Prince, birth, 91; becomes a physician, 93; his intelligence, 95–8; his cures, 100–9

Kah-gyur, the, xxv–xxxii

Kaksha forest, 155

Kapittha tree, 68

Khadira wood, magic power of, 48

Kinnarīs as celestial nymphs, 54

Kodrava grain, 106

Koṭi, 7

Kṛiśā Gautamī, adventures of, 216–226

Ksheman·kara, Prince, blinded by brother, 282; cured by asseverations, 284

Kuśa, Prince, his ugliness, 22–3; his adventures, 24–8

Liććhavis, of Vaiśālī, 76–80, 82, 213

Life of gods, duration of, 20

Madrī, sorrows of, 262–9

Magic, 288; magic lute, 229–30

Magician’s pupil, story of the, 288

Mahākarṇa, his intrigue, 144–7

Mahākāśyapa, his birth, 190; continence, 197–201; pious life, 203–4

Mahāpurusha, 1

Mahārājas, the four, 187

Mahaushadha, birth of, 133; his wisdom, 133–54, 159, 168, 174–6, 180, 184–6; his marriage, 155–62

Mahoragas, 245

Man, ingratitude of, 309

Māndhātar, King, his birth; his wishing-powers, 4–6; his conquests, 7–14; lives with gods, 16; conquers Asuras, 17; illness and death, 18–20

Manoharā, the Kinnarī, captured by a hunter, 54; returns to heaven, 62; recovered by her husband, 63–74

Māra, 243

Marriage, proper way of proposing, 158

Maudgalyāyana, converts Utpalavarṇā, 215

Mechanician and painter, story of the, 361

Medicine, science of, 93–109

Mildness, wheel of, 243

Monkey chiefs, story of, 352

Monkeys, the incredulous, story of, 350

Monkeys and moon, story of, 353

Monkeys saved from death, story of, 348

Mṛgadhara, Minister of King Prasenajit, 110–125

Music, magic, 230

Nāgas, 12, 46–50, 236–9, 244, 276

Nyagrodha, named after a tree, 186

Otters and jackal, story of the, 332

Oxen as witnesses, story of the, 315

Panchāla, kings of North and South, 44

Pāpan·kara, Prince, 279–85

Passion of love, description of, 56

Peacock as bridegroom, story of the, 354

Pearl of women, treatment of a, 77, 86

Pingala, the demon, 276

Popular tales, xxxvi–lxv

Prasenajit, King, 110, 127

Punishment of greed, story of, 286

Pūrṇa, Mahaushadha’s father, 133

Purohita, 56

Rājagṛiha, 76, 80

Rājyābhinanda, King, 129, 131

Rhampsinitus, treasury legend, 37

Rishis, 3, 11, 84, 254–6

Rohiṇī, 67

Śakala, commander at Vaiśālī, 75–79

Śakra, the deity; his period of life, 20; King Māndhātar tries to dethrone him, 18; applied to for a son, 187; tests Viśvaṇtara’s charity, 269–71

Sarjarasin, King, 273

Serpent-charmer, a Nāga attacked by, 48

Seven treasures, the, 3

Schiefner, F. A. Von, memoir of, xxxiii

Shemyaka’s judgment, story of, xli

Shoes with reversed toes, 275

Skull-opening, operation of, 98, 100

Solomon’s judgment, xliii, 121

Śramaṇas, 44

Śrīvarthana, 122

Stubborn and willing oxen, story of, 321

Sudarśana, the city of the gods, 14–16

Sudhā or nectar, 69

Sudhana, Prince, loses and recovers his supernatural wife Manoharā, 52–73

Sudharmā, the meeting-place of the gods, 14

Suicide, Kuśa’s intended, 28

Sumeru, Mount, 11

Sun, as fifth guardian of the world, 320

Sundara, Nāgarāja, 236

Suparṇa, a bird-king, 227–31

Sūryanemi, King, 273–8

Suśroṇī, adventures of, 228–235

Svayaṃvara, a, 283

Swan-maidens, xlviii

Three-legged hare story, 38

Tibet, authorities on, xxxv

Tinduka tree, 348

Tittira Jātaka, 303

Treasures, the seven, 3

Tree-worship, liii, 85, 186–90

Tricked elephant, story of, 313

Tumour, child born from a, 1

Two brothers, story of, 279

Udayin, behaviour of, 244–6

Udumbarikā, adventures of, 177–181

Ungrateful wife, story of an, 291

Ungrateful lion, story of the, 311

United pheasants, story of the, 358

Utpalavarṇā, adventures of, 206–215

Utposhadha, King, 1–2

Vaiśākha month, 300

Vaiśālī, republic of, 76; description of the city, 77; the public assemblies, 78; customs about women, 86

Vaiśravaṇa, the Yaksha king, 58

Vilva, or Bel tree, 68, 296

Vīraṇa, 301

Virtuous animals, story of the, 302

Virūpa, adventures of, 177–81

Viśākha, husband of Viśākhā, 110; husband of an ungrateful wife, 291–5

Viśākhā, Balamitra’s daughter: her wisdom, 111–124; builds a monastery and produces eggs, 125

Viśākhā, the carpenter’s daughter: her wisdom, 155–8, 161, 164–7

Viśvaṇtara, Prince, 257; his self-sacrificing generosity, 258–71

Wessantara Jātaka, 257

Wife, the ungrateful, story of the, 291

Wishing-trees, 9

Wolf and sheep, story of the, 314

Wolf’s milk, 293

Woodpecker cures lion’s toothache, 312

Woman’s ingratitude, story of, 291

Yaksha statue rings tocsin, 81, 82, 88

Yakshas assist Prince Sudhana, 59

Yojana, 11

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