Chapter I: Front Matter

TIBETAN TALES
Derived from Indian Sources.

TRANSLATED FROM THE TIBETAN OF THE
KAH-GYUR
BY
F. ANTON VON SCHIEFNER

DONE INTO ENGLISH FROM THE GERMAN,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION,
BY
W. R. S. RALSTON, M.A.

LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD
DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, W.

1906.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. King Māndhātar 1
II. Kuśa Jātaka 21
III. Ādarśamukha 29
IV. The Clever Thief 37
V. Sudhana Avadāna 44
VI. Prince Jīvaka 75
VII. Viśākhā 110
VIII. Mahaushadha and Viśākhā 128
IX. Mahākāśyapa and Bhadrā 186
X. Utpalavarṇā 206
XI. Kṛiśā Gautamī 216
XII. Suśroṇī 227
XIII. The Overreached Actor 236
XIV. The Dumb Cripple 247
XV. Ṛshyaśringa 253
XVI. Viśvaṇtara 257
XVII. The Fulfilled Prophecy 273
XVIII. The Two Brothers 279
XIX. The Punishment of Avarice 286
XX. The Magician’s Pupil 288
XXI. How a Woman repays Love 291
XXII. The Flight of the Beasts 296
XXIII. The Five Lovers 299
XXIV. The Virtuous Animals 302
XXV. The Ichneumon, the Mouse, and the Snake 308
XXVI. The Grateful Animals 309
XXVII. The Ungrateful Lion 311
XXVIII. The Tricked Elephant 313
XXIX. The Wolf and the Sheep 314
XXX. The Oxen as Witnesses 315
XXXI. The Obstinate and Willing Oxen 321
XXXII. The Ass as a Singer 323
XXXIII. The Jackal as Calumniator 325
XXXIV. The Two Otters and the Jackal 332
XXXV. The Jackal saves the Lion 335
XXXVI. The Blue Jackal 336
XXXVII. The Jackal hanged by the Ox 339
XXXVIII. The Jackal in the Elephant’s Traces 341
XXXIX. The Guilty Dogs 342
XL. The Hypocritical Cat 344
XLI. The Gazelle and the Hunter 346
XLII. The Monkeys saved from Death 348
XLIII. Incredulity Punished 350
XLIV. The Wise and Foolish Monkey Chiefs 352
XLV. The Monkeys and the Moon 353
XLVI. The Peacock as Bridegroom 354
XLVII. The Crow with the Golden Cap 355
XLVIII. The Revengeful Crow 356
XLIX. The United Pheasants 358
L. Artist Anecdotes 360