[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.c18.303 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.303 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.303 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.303) Javasakuṇa Jātaka (No. 308).—The Bodhisatta was once a woodpecker, and coming across a lion with a bone stuck in his throat he removed the bone, after having fixed a stick in the lion's mouth to prevent him from biting off the head of his rescuer. Later, he saw the lion eating the carcase of a buffalo and asked for a boon. The lion refused, saying it was enough for him to have escaped death after putting his head into a lion's jaws. - [Previous: v1.c18.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.302) - [Next: v1.c18.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.304) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.303) · Pramāṇa