Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.445

v2.c31.445

Maṇisūkara Jātaka (No. 285).—The Bodhisatta lived in the Himālaya as an ascetic, and near his hut was a crystal cave in which lived thirty boars. A lion used to range near the cave in which his shadow was reflected. This so terrified the boars that one day they fetched mud from a neighbouring pool with which they rubbed the crystal; but because of the boars' bristles, the more they rubbed, the brighter grew the crystal. In despair they consulted the Bodhisatta, who told them that a crystal could not be sullied.