^246:1 Compare Jataka-Mala, XXXI. The Story of Sutasoma, Jat. vol. V. No. 513, Jayaddisa-Jataka, and Cariya-Pitaka, III. 12. p. 100 (ed. by R. Morris).

^246:2 For the story of Angulimala see Angulimalasuttam (Majjhima Nikaya, No. 86, vol. II. pt. I. p. 97) and Hardy's Manual, pp. 257-261.

^246:3 padesananam. See S'ikshasamuccaya, Index, p. 385, s.v. prades'ika, 1. local, provincial, 2. limited, as in prades'ikayanam, Mahavyutpatti, section 59.

^247:1 pitthiacariya. This word occurs in Jat. vol. II. 100. 13, and in both passages seems to mean an assistant teacher, supplementing the master's teaching.

^247:2 For pakkhadivasa, the two chief fortnightly fast-days, see Jat. III. 292. 19, 342. 5 and VI. 97. 3.

^248:1 Throughout the Jatakas demons called yakkhas are frequently mentioned as eating human flesh. The only cases of cannibalism are those of men who have either been reared by a yakkha or such as have been yakkhas in a previous birth, as in this story. Compare an interesting paper, "Pis'aca = Umofagos," contributed by Dr Grier-son to the R. A. S. J. 1905, on legends connected with cannibalism in the modern Pis'aca country.

^248:2 With gharasandhi, a hole in the wall of a house, compare Manu, IX. 276.

^250:1 The aquatic plant vallisneria.

^254:1 For bhavitatta compare Dhamma Sanagani, English translation, p. 138.

^254:2 The Pali here has a play upon the two meanings of the word acchara, a heavenly nymph, and a snapping of the fingers.

^257:1 The construction of this passage is not very clear, even if one takes khanum to be a nominative as dhanum, Jat. II. 88. 14. Perhaps khanum pitthipadena nikkhami means, he got rid of the splinter by rubbing the top of the other foot against it.

^258:1 As Sutasoma was left behind, one more victim was still wanting to complete the number.

^259:1 A heron's feather was fixed on an arrow.

^260:1 suta. A play upon the double meaning of the word, juice and sacred literature.

^260:2 As a mark of reverence for the Bodhisatta.

^261:1 Compare Balaramayana, Act IX. Stanza 51, bhramarakabhramam bhramyate rathah.

^261:2 phalaka, the plant Mesua Roxburghii, or it might be the seed-pods of the lotus. In Jat. vol. I. 304. 26, 28, and Jat. vol. II. 68. 17, we find phalakattharasayana, a bed of phalaka leaves.

^262:1 These verses have occurred in vol. IV. p. 286. English version.

^265:1 Elephants, cavalry, chariots, and infantry.

^266:1 See Jataka, III. 234. 18.

^268:1 See supra, p. 123, where by kshatriya doctrine it is maintained that a man is justified in doing evil to serve his own interests.

^269:1 Here follow the four stanzas already given supra, p. 264.

^270:1 sakkhi. The scholiast renders it "friend," apparently from the v.1. sakhi.