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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 1 — The Horikaḍayā Story

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In the King’s garden one Jak fruit grew1; after the Jak fruit ripened he cut it; in it there was one section containing a seed (madula). Afterwards the King said, “Can a Queen eat this Jak section and bear a child?” Six Queens said they cannot; one Queen ate it.

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