The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6
by Robert Chalmers | 1895 | 877,505 words | ISBN-13: 9788120807259
This is the Sirimanda-jataka (English translation) including a glossary and notes. The jatakas (buddhist birth history) are a category of literature within buddhism and narrate the previous births of the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama). They include various obstacles which a Buddha-character encounters and must overcome. Alternative title: Sirimanda-jātaka.
Jataka 500: Sirimanda-jātaka
"Of wisdom full," etc.—This Problem of Sirimanda will be given at large in the Mahā-ummagga[1].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
No. 546, vol. vi. 329 (Pali).