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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, ( CEYLON BRANCH*) 



The following is the story related by Buddha in illustration 

 of the above gatha : — " In times past, the Bodhi~satto* being born 

 as Disapamokkhacariyo,t at the city of Takkasila,{ taught the 

 vedas to five hundred pupils, one of whom bore the name of 

 Papako, (sinner, unfortunate one.) Being addressed, ''Come 

 Papaka!" " Go Papaka!"; he thought, " My name is an unlucky 

 one : I must obtain another name." Having approached the 

 master, the pupil said, u Master ! My name is an unlucky one;" 

 confer on me another name !" The master replied : " Son ! Go, 

 and having roamed about the country, come back with a name 

 that pleases thee, and on thy return I will confer on thee 

 another name, rejecting thy present one." The youth replying 

 " Sadhu ! " (be it so !), departed, taking with him the necessaries 

 of a traveller. Going from village to village, he arrived at a city. 

 There, a certain man, whose name was Jivako (lit., the living 

 one) had died. The youth seeing the corpse being carried for 

 cremation by his relatives, enquired of them what the name of 

 the deceased was. Being told that it was Jivako, he remarked, 

 a Does Jivako die?' They replied: i( Thou art a fool; the 

 Jivako (living one) dies, and so does the ^4 -jivako (the 

 unliving one.) A name is nothing but a mere sign. Having 

 heard their remarks, he became (somewhat) indifferent to a 

 name, and entered the city, A mistress was flogging her slave 

 woman with a cord, making her sit before the door, who was 

 unable to pay her dues, and whose name was Dhanapalz, 

 (lit., wealth-preserver). Entering the inner, street, the youth 



* A being destined to attain BuddhasbJp. This term is applied to 

 Buddha in his various states of existence previous to attaining Buddha- 

 iuod, 



f The principal of a college or university. 



| The city of Takks la in Punjaub, It was a renowned university 

 town. 



