Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.492
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.492
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1. Tittira Jātaka (No. 37).—There were once three friends, a partridge (tittira), a monkey and an elephant. Discovering that the partridge was the oldest of them, they honoured him as their teacher and he gave them counsel. Their conduct came to be called the Tittiriya-brahmacariya.