EDITOR'S PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

Introductory Stanzas.

I. The Story of the Tigress.

II. The Story of the King of the S ibis.

III. The Story of the Small Portion of Gruel.

IV. The Story of the Head of a Guild.

V. The Story of Avishahya, the Head of a Guild.

VI. The Story of the Hare.

VII. The Story of Agastya.

VIII. The Story of Maitribala.

IX. The Story of Vi s vantara.

X. The Story of the Sacrifice.

XI. The Story of S akra.

XII. The Story of the Brahman.

XIII. The Story of Unmadayanti.

XIV. The Story of Suparaga.

XV. The Story of the Fish.

XVI. The Story of the Quail's Young.

XVII. The Story of the Jar.

XVIII. The Story of the Childless One.

XIX. The Story of the Lotus-Stalks.

XX. The Story of the Treasurer.

XXI. The Story of K u dd abodhi. [151]

XXII. The Story of the Holy Swans.

XXIII. The Story of Mahabodhi.

XXIV. The Story of the Great Ape.

XXV. The Story of the S arabha.

XXVI. The Story of the Ruru-Deer.

XXVII. The Story of the Great Monkey.

XXVIII. The Story of Kshantivadin. [192]

XXIX. The Story of the Inhabitant of the Brahmaloka.

XXX. The Story of the Elephant.

XXXI. The Story of Sutasoma.

XXXII. The Story of Ayog ri ha. [232]

XXXIII. The Story of the Buffalo.

XXXIV. The Story of the Woodpecker.

FOOTNOTES:

SYNOPTICAL TABLE

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes:

Blank pages have been eliminated.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.

A few typographical errors have been corrected.

The book utilizes letter spacing for emphasis. Because letter spacing is not possible in some book readers, it has been replaced by bold font on the epub format.

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