Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.224

v1.c6.224

In the Naṅguṭṭha Jātaka² the Bodhisatta, having received an ox as a gift, wishes to offer the flesh to Aggi-Bhagavā, but thinking that the deity will not relish a saltless meal, he goes away in search of salt. He returns to find that the ox has been eaten by hunters, only the tail, one leg and the skin being left. “If thou, Aggi-Bhagavā, hast not the power to look after thine own, how canst thou guard me?” So saying, he quenches the fire with water and becomes an anchorite. In the verses of this context Aggi is addressed as Jātaveda.