Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3295

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**Asadisa Jātaka** (No. 181).—The story of the prince **Asadisa**. It was told in reference to the Great Renunciation to show that in former lives also the Bodhisatta had renounced a royal state.¹ The latter part of the story is given in the *Mahāvastu* and is called the *Sarakṣepana Jātaka*.² The story is figured in the Bharhut Stūpa³ and in the Sanchi Tope.⁴ King **Kittisiri** of Ceylon wrote a beautiful poem in Sinhalese based on this Jātaka.⁵