Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.113
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.113
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v2.c26.113
Nacca Jātaka (No. 32).—When the world was yet young, a golden swan, who had been elected king of the birds, had a lovely daughter, and to her he promised the boon of being allowed to choose her own husband. When all the birds were assembled, she gazed on them, and, by reason of his beautiful colouring, chose the peacock. Overjoyed by his good fortune, the peacock spread his feathers and began to dance, thus exposing himself, and feeling no shame. The swan-king was so shocked by this lack of modesty that he gave his daughter to a young swan.