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some money, and running after the donkey, took hold of it by the tail The animal furiously kicked the boy in the face, till he fell down all but lifeless
Jambū, in order to illustrate the bad effects of lore related The 15th story (123-140)
A certain bhuktıpāla har an excellent mare which he gave i charge of a man called Sollaka But Sollaka gare to the mare only part of the good things intended for her, and consumed the rest himself. To atone for this fraud, he was, after his death again and again born as an animal, till at last he was born as the son of Somadatta and Somaśrī, Brāhmans of Ksıtıpratistha About the same time, the soul of the mare became embodied in the daughter of the courtesan Kámapatākā vho grew up the finest girl in the town All the young men outbade each other in order to purchase her favour. The son of Somadatta had also fallen in lore with her, but as he was very poor the courtesan did not even vouchsafe a kind look To be at least near her, the infatuated lover became her servant, and when he was turned out, he rather submitted to the worst treatment than to leave the house of the beloved girl
Kamalavati relates The 16th story (142-147)
A man driven from home by famine joined a caravan Once when the caravan was making a halt in the woods the man strolled about, and saw a bird tearing a piece of flesh from the mouth of a sleeping lion Flying off and perching on the bough of a tree it croaked mā sākasa, ie, 'beware of rashness! The man was astonished at the ludicrous contrast between the words and the act of the bird Kamalayati warns her husband not to act like that burd.
Jambū relates The 17th story of the thuee friends (149-181) ?
* Cp Mahabharata II 1548.
9 This closcly resembles the 129th story in the Gesta Romanorum (Bohns Antiquarian Library) See also Kathā Sarit Sägara Vol. II, p 37, and note (TIFY.)
