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APPENDIX I. 



KATTHAHA'RI JA'TAKA. 

 The Slave-Girl and the King. 



u I am thy son, Great King? 



This the teacher, when travelling in the Jetavana, told about 

 the story of Vasabhakhattiya. The story will appear (in full) 

 in the birth-story (entitled) Bhaddasala (and given) in the twelfth 

 division. She was, it is said, the daughter of a Sakya prince 

 named Mahanama (and was) born of a slave-girl named Naga- 

 munda, and became the first queen of the king of Kosala. She 

 bore unto the king a son; but the king afterwards knew her to be 

 a slave-girl* and just deprived her (of her) position, and also just 

 deprived his son Vidudabha (of his) position. Both, however? 

 dwelt in the inner palace itself. Having known that case, the 

 teacher, surrounded by five hundred mendicants, went in the fore- 

 noonf to the palace of the king and sat (down) in the seat prepared ; 

 (he) said thus: " O great king, where is Vasabhakhattiya?" The 

 king explained the case. (The teacher asked) thus : " great 

 king, whose daughter is Vasabhakhattiya?" (The king replied) 

 thus : " Of Mahanama, O reverend sir." (The teacher asked) thus : 

 " Coming (of age), to whom did she come (in wedlock)?" (The 

 king replied) thus: "To me, O reverend sir." (The teacher said) 

 thus: "O great king, she is the daughter of a king and has just 

 come (in wedlock) to a king, and by the king himself (has) had a 

 son. For what reason (then) does that son not become the lord of 

 the kingdom belonging to the father ? It is said (that) former 

 kings had sonsj by girlsj whose occupation§ was to collect (fire) 

 wood and with whom they lived for a short time,(| (and) gave to 

 such sons (their) kingdoms." The king begged the honoured 

 teacher for the plain sense of the matter. The honoured teacher 

 made manifest this matter concealed by change of birth. 



Once upon a time there was a king named Brahmadatta in 



* Lit. ber being a slave-girl. 



f Lit. at the time of the forenoon. 



% The words Katthdharika rajja and putta are used in the singular ; but they 

 express the plural number as-is usual. 



§ The termination ika in Katthaharika signifies tacchilya, or one's occupation. 



|| The word Muhuttikd means 4 lasting for a moment/ and is used probably in 

 this sense here. If so, it is unusually used. I am not satisfied with the version 

 I have put upon it. Mohotura (Muhurta) is a form of marriage in Maharashtra. 



