CONTENTS

STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE

NO.PAGE
178 [Concerning the Friendship of the Hare and the Parrot] 3
179 [The Deer and its Friends]5
[The Deer, the Jackal, and the Crow] (Variant a)8
[The Rat and the Turtle that kept the Precepts] (Variant b) 9
180 [The Foolish Bird] 13
181 [The Golden Oriole] 16
182 [The Story of the Vīra Tree Fish-Owls] 18
183 [The Lion and the Bull’s trust in him] 22
184 [The Lizard and the Iguana] 24
185 [The Cobra and the Polan̆gā]26
[The Widow and the Mungus] 27
185A [The Crab and the Frog] 29
186 [A Louse and a Bug] 30

STORIES OF THE LOWER CASTES

STORIES OF THE POTTERS

187 [The Three Yakās] 35
188 [The Time of Scholars] 38

STORIES OF THE WASHERMEN

189 [The Thief called Harantikā]41
[The Dexterous Thief and his Son] (Variant) 43
190 [The Story of the Four-fold Trap] 48
191 [The Foolish Prince] 52
192 [The Jackal and the Gamarāla] 54

STORIES OF THE TOM-TOM BEATERS

193 [The Story of Batmasurā] 57
194 [The Story of Ayiwandā] 62
195 [The Gamarāla’s Son-in-law] 71
196 [The Story of the Gamarāla’s Son] 78
197 [The Manner in which the Gamarāla buried his Sons] 84
198 [The Story of the Wooden Peacock] 89
199 [The Wicked Step-mother] 94
200 [The Woman who ate by stealth] 99
201 [The Story of the Bitch] 102
202 [The Elephant Guard] 106
203 [The Elephant-Fool] 110
204 [The Girl who took Gruel] 112
205 [The Boy who went to learn the Sciences] 115
206 [The Prince and the Ascetics] 117
207 [The Turtle Prince] 121
208 [The Gem-set Ring] 127
209 [The Story of the Brāhmaṇa] 136
210 [The Story of a Siwurāla] 141
211 [How the Poor Man became Wealthy] 144
212 [The Story of Mādampē-rāla] 146
213 [Æwariyakkā] 149
214 [The Horikaḍayā Story] 152
215 [The Story of Bahu-Bhūtayā] 155
216 [The Story of Goḷu-Bayiyā] 158
217 [The Yakā of the Akaraganē Jungle] 161
218 [The Four Rākshasas] 166
219 [The Story of the Rākshasa] 173
220 [The Thief and the Rākshasas] 176
221 [King Gaja-Bāhu and the Crow] 183
222 [The Assistance which the Snake gave] 185
223 [The Leveret, or the Story of the Seven Women] 187
224 [The Greedy Palm-cat] 189

STORIES OF THE WESTERN PROVINCE AND SOUTHERN INDIA

NO.PAGE
225 [The Wax Horse] 193
226 [The Three-cornered Hatter] 200
227 [The Gamarāla who went to the God-World]207
[The Tusk Elephant of the Divine World] (Variant) 209
228 [The Gamarāla who ate Black Fowls’ Flesh] 212
229 [How the Gamarāla drove away the Lion] 217
230 [The Son who was Blind at Night] 220
231 [The Son and the Mother]223
[The Wicked Daughter-in-law] (Variant) 228
232 [Concerning the Heṭṭi Man’s Son] 230
233 [The Fortunate Boy] 234
234 [How the Daughter-in-law got the Masuran] 240
235 [The Monkey and the Beggar] 243
236 [How the Beggar and the King gambled] 249
237 [The Story of the King] 253
238 [The King who learnt the Speech of Animals] 258
239 [The Mad King]261
[The Kahawaṇa sowing] (Variant) 262
240 [Concerning the Prince with his Life in his Sword] 265
241 [The Royal Prince and the Heṭṭirāla] 272
242 [Prince Sokkā] 285
243 [The Affectionate Prince] 293
244 [The Prince who received the Turtle Shell] 300
245 [Concerning a Prince and a Kinnara Woman] 304
246 [The Way in which the Prince traded] 310
247 [A Princess and a Prince] 313
248 [Concerning a Royal Princess and Two Thieves] 321
249 [How the Nāgayā became the Princess] 325
250 [The Story of the Cobra’s Bite] 328
251 [How they killed the Great-bellied Tambi] 336
252 [How Mārayā was put in the Bottle] 339
253 [The Woman Pre-eminent in Cunning] 343
254 [Mātalānā] 347
255 [The Five Lies quite like Truth] 352
256 [The Three Truths] 354
257 [The False Tale] 355
258 [The Story of Koṭā]359
[The Flower-Garden Story] (Variant) 361
259 [The Story of Sokkā] 367
260 [The Giant and his Two Friends] 373
261 [How they formerly Ate and Drank] 380
262 [The Gourd Fruit Devil-Dance] 384
263 [The Ascetic and the Jackal] 386

SOUTH INDIAN STORIES

264 [Concerning the Blind-Eyed Man] 388
265 [The Destiny Prince] 392
266 [The Teacher and his Pupil]400
[The Teacher and the Bull] (Variant a)405
[The Brāhmaṇa and the Scholar] (Variant b) 407

SINHALESE TEXTS OF STORIES

Introductory Remarks413
81 [Concerning a Royal Prince and a Princess] 419
126 [The Story of the Seven Wicked Women] 423
134 [The Story of the Rākshasa and the Princess] 424
207 [The Turtle Prince] 426
216 [The Story of Goḷu-Bayiyā] 429
225 [The Wax Horse] 430

APPENDIX

[ADDITIONAL NOTES, AND CORRECTIONS]

[Omitted Incidents] 457

[Index] 459