A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.228
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³ Valāhassa-Jātaka, No. 196. The shipwrecked men are rescued by a winged horse (the Bodhisatta). Cf. Divyāvadāna, pp. 120, 524 ff.; Kāraṇḍavyūha, p. 52; Nāyādhammakahāo IX; *Charpentier*, JA., 1910, s. 10, t. XVI, pp. 606, 608; WZKM., 27, 1913, p. 93. Other Mariners' fairy-tales are No. 463 (of clever Suppāraka who, in spite of his blindness, is made first steersman, and bears himself splendidly) and No. 360 (of Garuḍa, who plays at dice with the king and elopes with his wife, with whom the royal singer after he has suffered shipwreck and has been cast on to the island of Garuḍa, later enjoys himself).