Chapter LXI

Continuation of the story of Udayana and his son 41-63
Story of the foolish merchant who made aloes-wood into
charcoal 44
Story of the man who sowed roasted seed 44
Story of the man who mixed fire and water 44
Story of the man who tried to improve his wife's nose 45
Story of the foolish herdsman 45
Story of the fool and the ornaments 45
Story of the fool and the cotton 45
Story of the foolish villagers who cut down the palm-trees 46
Story of the treasure-finder who was blinded 46
Story of the fool and the salt 46-47
Story of the fool and his milch-cow 47
Story of the foolish bald man and the fool who pelted him 47
Story of the crow, and the king of the pigeons, the
tortoise and the deer 48-52
Story of the mouse and the hermit 49-51
Story of the Bráhman's wife and the sesame-seeds 50-51
Story of the greedy jackal 50
Story of the wife who falsely accused her husband of
murdering a Bhilla 53-54
Story of the snake who told his secret to a woman 54-55
Story of the bald man and the hair-restorer 55
Story of a foolish servant 55
Story of the faithless wife who was present at her own
Sráddha 55-56
Story of the ambitious Chandála maiden 56
Story of the miserly king 57
Story of Dhavalamukha, his trading friend, and his fighting
friend 57-58
Story of the thirsty fool that did not drink 58
Story of the fool who killed his son 58
Story of the fool and his brother 58
Story of the Brahmachárin's son 59
Story of the astrologer who killed his son 59
Story of the violent man who justified his character 59-60
Story of the foolish king who made his daughter grow 60
Story of the man who recovered half a pana from his servant 60
Story of the fool who took notes of a certain spot in the
sea 60-61
Story of the king who replaced the flesh 61
Story of the woman who wanted another son 61
Story of the servant who tasted the fruit 62
Story of the two brothers Yajnasoma and Kírtisoma 62-63
Story of the fool who wanted a barber 63
Story of the man who asked for nothing at all 63