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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.217

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.217

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### [v2.c27.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.217)

Pañcapaṇḍita Jātaka (No. 508).—Also called Pañcapaṇḍitapañha and Paṇḍitapañha. The name given to a section of the Mahā-Ummagga Jātaka, which deals with the plot of Senaka, Pukkusa, Kāvinda and Devinda, to have Mahosadha killed by informing the king that Mahosadha has a guilty secret which he did not desire anyone to know of. But Mahosadha learnt their secrets and defeated their intentions.¹

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.508) — Pāli

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