Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.874

v2.c29.874

In these and other births the Bodhisatta occupied various stations in life, such as that of an acrobat (Dubbaca Jātaka); ājīvaka (Lomahaṃsa Jātaka); ascetic (numerous births); barber (Ilīsa Jātaka); caravan leader (Kimpakka and Mahāvāṇija Jātakas); carpenter (Samuddavāṇija Jātaka); chaplain (various births); conch-blower (Saṅkhadhamana Jātaka); councillor (Kacchapa, Kalāyamuṭṭhi, Kukku, Giridanta, Dhūmakārī, Pabbatūpatthara, Pādañjali, Puṭabhatta, Vālodaka Jātakas); courtier (Bāhayi, Sālittaka, etc., Jātakas); dice-player (Litta Jātaka); drummer (Bherivāda Jātaka); elephant-trainer (Saṅgāmāvacara Jātaka); farmer (Kañcanakkhandha, Kummāsapiṇḍa, Sīhacamma, Suvaṇṇakakkaṭa Jātakas); forester (Khurappa Jātaka); gardener (Kuddālaka Jātaka); goldsmith (Kuṇāla Jātaka); hawker (Seriva Jātaka); horse-dealer (Kuṇḍakucchisindhava Jātaka); householder (Gahapati and Jāgara Jātaka, also as Kuṇḍaka, Sutana and Hārita); judge (Kūṭavāṇija, Rathalatthi Jātakas); king (numerous births, e.g. Arindama, Ādasamukha, etc.); mariner (Suppāraka Jātaka); merchant (several births, e.g. as Paṇḍita, etc.); minister (numerous births, e.g. as Senaka, Vidhura); musician (Guttila); physician (Kāma, and Visavanta Jātakas); potter, (Kacchapa, Kumbhakāra Jātakas); robber²⁵ (Kaṇavera, Satapatta Jātakas); smith (Sūci Jātaka); squire (e.g., Nanda Jātaka); stone-cutter (Babbu Jātaka); teacher (numerous births, e.g. Anabhirati, Durājāna, Losaka Jātaka); treasurer (e.g. Cullaka, Visayha, Saṅkha and Suciparivāra); tumbler (Ucchiṭṭhabhatta Jātaka); and valuer (Taṇḍulanāli Jātaka). The Bodhisatta was born as a caṇḍāla in several births (e.g., as Citta and Mātaṅga); in several instances as Sakka, (e.g. in the Kāmanīta, Keḷisīla, Mahāpanāda and Vaka Jātakas). He was born several times in the deva-world (e.g. as Dhamma and Bhaddasāla, also in the Kakkāru, Kāmavilāpa and Mittavinda Jātakas.) He was a Brahmā of the Ābhassara-world (Caṇḍābha and Janasodhana Jātakas); and a Mahābrahmā (Parosahassa and Mahānārada-Kassapa), in the latter his name was Nārada. He was an air-sprite (Puppharatta Jātaka) and a mountain-sprite (e.g. Kāka and Samudda Jātakas); a tree-sprite in numerous births (e.g. Āyācitabhatta, Baka, Matakabhatta, Rukkhadhamma Jātakas); and a forest-sprite (Kaṇḍina and Gūthapāṇa Jātakas). Many Jātakas mention the birth of the Bodhisatta among animals—e.g., as buffalo (Mahisa Jātaka); bull (as Ayyakāḷaka, Nandivisāla, Mahālohita, Sārambha); cock (in the two Kukkuṭa Jātakas, Nos. 383, 448); crow (as Vīraka and Supatta and in Kāka Jātaka); dog (Kukkura Jātaka); elephant (e.g., Chaddanta and Sīlava Jātakas); fish (Mitacintī); frog (Haritamāta Jātaka); garuḍa (e.g., Sussoṇḍi Jātaka); goose (e.g. Ulūka, Cakkavāka, Neru, Palāsa Jātakas); hare (Sasa Jātaka); horse (Ajañña, Bhogājānīya Jātakas and as Vātaggasindhava); iguana (Godha Jātaka); jackal (Sigāla Jātaka); kinnara (as Canda); lion (e.g., Guṇa, Sigāla Jātaka (No. 152), Sūkara Jātakas); mallard (Nacca Jātaka); monkey (Kapi, Nalapāna, Mahākapi, Sumsumāra Jātakas and as Nandyia); parrot (e.g. as Jambuka, Pupphaka, Poṭṭhapāda, and Rādha); peacock (Nos. 42, 375, Mora, Bāveru, and Mahāmora Jātakas); pig (Mahātuṇḍila Jātaka); pigeon (Kapota, Kāka No. 395, Romaka, Lola Jātakas); quail (the three Vaṭṭaka and Sammodamāna Jātakas); rat (Aggika and Biḷāra Jātakas); snake—nāga—(as Cāmpeyya, Bhuridatta, Mahādaddara, Saṅkhapāla); vulture (as Aparanna and in the three Gijjha Jātakas, Nos. 164, 399, 427), and woodpecker (as Khadiravaniya and in Javasakuna Jātaka).