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The Magic Bird-Heart
323
JA.
Pali.
Sanskrit
Prakrit
Good-luck Jātaka, No. 284 - c. 5th (Siri)
cent. Cheating Sạngāramañjari Bhoja 10th the Bawd kathā (seventh
Cent. (Kuttani- story) vañcana) Lohārgalā The Doghtti Ratnapr- 1182 commentary
abhasūri on the Upadeśamālā of Dharmadāsagaņi (The story narrated by Nāgasenā, the fifth wife of Jambūsvāmin in the life-story of
Jambū) Hamsāuli Independent Asäita mid work
14th
IV.
Old Gujarati
Cent.
IVA.
1745
IVB.
1874
Candana- Vetālapaciśi ś āmala Malayāgiri (8th story)
Bhatta Mānsih and Gujarat Tathā F.B. Abhesih Kāțhiāvād Deś.
ni Vārtā (Part II) (The Folklore of Gujarat)
Modern Gujarati (oral tradition)
5. The substance of the Nigrodha-Jātaka5 (No. 445) is as follows :
A great merchant of Rājagặha got some country merchant's daughter for his son's wife. In order to save herself from the :slight and ill-treatment of being barren, she pretended to be pregnant
