[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.2781 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2781 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2781 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2781) Kusanāḷi Jātaka (No. 121).—The Bodhisatta was born as a sprite, in a clump of \*kusa\*-grass. Hard by was a \*mukkhaka\*-tree in which lived a Tree-sprite. One day the king’s carpenter, looking for a suitable pillar for the king’s one-pillared palace, reluctantly decided to fell the \*mukkhaka\*. Learning of the Tree-sprite’s imminent danger, the Bodhisatta assumed the shape of a chameleon and deceived the carpenter in such a way that he saw the \*mukkhaka\* as all rotten and of no use for his purpose. - [Previous: v1.c12.2780](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2780) - [Next: v1.c12.2782](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2782) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2781](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2781) · Pramāṇa