[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.c6.3295 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3295 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3295 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3295) \*\*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 - [Previous: v1.c6.3294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3294) - [Next: v1.c6.3296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3296) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3295) · Pramāṇa