A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.79
A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s2.79
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v2.c20.s2.79
The sixth Aṅga is entitled Nāyā-Dhammakahāo,³ which probably means "Examples and religious narratives."¹) Book I of this Aṅga consists of 21 chapters, each one of which as a rule presents a complete, independent narrative. Most of these tales are of the type which lays more stress on some parable incorporated in them than on the tale itself; some are, indeed, nothing but parables spun out and enlarged to form narratives. As an instance of this type, there is Chapter 7, in which the following is related:
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- Nāyādhammakahāo — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit