Andabhuta Jataka, Andabhūta-jātaka: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesOn the innate wickedness of woman. A girl is bred from infancy among women only, never seeing any man but her husband, the kings chaplain. The latter had embarked on the enterprise of so bringing up the girl, in order to defeat the king at dice, because the king was in the habit of winning by a declaration of truth to the effect that all women were treacherous; the chaplain wanted to find an exception in order to falsify the declaration. For a time the experiment succeeds, but later, as a result of the kings scheming, the girl starts an intrigue with a flower seller as lover and is discovered (J.i.289ff). The Jataka is so called because the woman in the story was guarded from the time she lay in her mothers womb as a foetus (andabhuta).
The story was related concerning a monk who was worried by his passions.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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