[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 6.110 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 6.110 妙法蓮華經玄義 6.110 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.110) 闍陀伽者，說菩薩本曾為師子，受獼猴寄，攫脇肉貿猴子。於病世作赤目魚，施諸病者。或作飛鳥，救於泫溺，如是等無量本生，多有所濟，皆名闍陀伽也。 > As for \*jātaka\*, it relates how the Bodhisattva in the past was a lion, and receiving a monkey's entrustment, tore flesh from his own flank to redeem the monkey's young; how during an age of pestilence he became a red-eyed fish to give to all who were sick; or how he became a bird to rescue those who were drowning. Immeasurable birth stories such as these, which brought vast benefit, are all named \*jātaka\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.109) - [Next: 6.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.111) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.6.110) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.6.110) · Pramāṇa