CONTENTS

STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE

NO.PAGE
76[A Legend of Kandy]3
77[The Gamarāla’sDaughter]4
78[The Gamarāla’sGirl]7
79[How Gourds were put in Small-MouthedPots]10
80[The Royal Prince and the Carpenter’sSon]13
81[Concerning a Royal Prince and aPrincess]23
82[The Princes who Learnt theSciences]33
[The Nobleman and his Five Sons](Variant A)36
[The Seven Princes](Variant B)39
[The Attempt of Four BrāhmaṇaPrinces to Marry] (Variant C)42
83[The Story ofKaḷundāwa]46
84[How the Poor Prince becameKing]50
85[How the Gardener became King]54
86[How the Foolish Man becameKing]57
87[The Foolish Man]60
88[The Story of Marirāla]64
89[The Invisible Silk Robe]66
90[The Foolish Youth]70
91[The Story of the SevenThieves]76
92[The King who became a Thief]81
93[The Female Fowl Thief]88
94[Gampolayā andRaehigamayā]90
95[The Story of the Two Liars]96
96[The ThreeHeṭṭiyās]98
97[Concerning Two Friends]101
98[Concerning Four Friends]107
99[Concerning a Horse] 109
100[The Story of the PearlNecklace]111
101[The Widow Woman andLoku-Appuhāmi]116
102[The Decoction of Eight NelliFruits]121
103[The Prince and Princess and TwoDēvatāwās]124
104[Concerning the Prince and the Princesswho was Sold]130
105[The PrincessHeṭṭirāla]137
106[The Maehiyallē-gamaPrincess]142
107[The Wicked Princess]146
108[Holman Pissā]151
109[Concerning a Vaeddā and aBride]157
110[A Story about aVaeddā]160
111[The Story of the FourGiants]162
112[The Story about a Giant]172
113[Hiṭihāmi theGiant]175
114[The New Speech]181
115[The Master and Servant]191
116[How the Son-in-Law Cut theChena]192
117[A Girl and a Stepmother]195
118[The Wicked Elder Brother]198
119[Nahakoṭā’s WeddingFeast]201
120[How a Man Charmed aThread]204
121[How the Rice and Curry becameRaw]206
122[How a Woman ate Cooked Rice byStealth]207
123[How a Woman Offered Cakes]208
124[The Manner in which a Woman prepared aFlour Figure]210
125[How a Woman became aLapwing]212
126[The Story of the Seven WickedWomen]215
127[The Story of the Old Man]219
128[The Magic Lute Player]221
129[The Lad who Sang Songs]223
130[The Hunchback Tale]226
131[The Poor Man and theJewels]228
132[The Learned Poor Man]230
133[A Poor Man and a Woman]234
134[The Story of the Rākshasa and thePrincess]237
135[The Way the RākshasīDied]241
136[How a Rākshasa turned Men and Bullsinto Stone]244
137[The Rākshasa-eatingPrākshasa] 247
[The Rākshasa-eatingPrākshasa] (Variant A)256
[The Rākshasīs-eatingPrākshasa] (Variant B)257
[The Rice-dust Porridge](Variant C)262
[The Evidence that the Appuhāmi atePaddy Dust] (Variant D)266
138[The Story of the CakeTree]269
[The Lad and theRākshasī] (Variant A)275
[The Cake Tree] (Variant B)276
139[The Girl, the Monk, and theLeopard]280
140[The Washerman and theLeopard]286
141[The Frightened Yakā]288
142[The Story of the SevenYakās]292
143[The Yakā and the Tom-tomBeater]294
144[How a Tom-tom Beater got a Marriagefrom a Gamarāla]296
145[The Gem Yaksanī]299
146[The Nā, Mī, and Blue-LotusFlowers’ Princesses]309
[The Story of the She-Goat](Variant A)320
[The Story of a Nobleman’sSon] (Variant B)323
147[The Loss that occurred to theNobleman’s Daughter]330
148[TheRaṭēmahatmayā’s Presents]333
149[The Prince and theMinister]334
150[The Story of King Bamba]339
151[Concerning a Royal Princess and aTurtle]345
152[The Story of a King and aPrince]356
153[The Story of the Gourd]361
154[The Story of the ShellSnail]364
155[The Queen of the RockHouse]367
155A[The Story of the Elder Sister andYounger Brother]377
156[The Queen and theBeggar]380
157[The Frog in the Queen’sNose]382
158[Concerning a Bear and theQueen]385
159[The Leopard and thePrincess]388
160[The Story of the FoolishLeopard]393
161[The Story of theḌabukkā]396
162[The Leopard and theCalf]399
163[The Ash-Pumpkin FruitPrince]401
164[The Kabaragoyā and theWidow] 407
165[The Frog Jacket]409
166[The Four-faced King and theTurtle]411
167[The Story of the Cobra and thePrince]414
168[The Ant Story]417
169[The Gamarāla and theCock]419
170[Concerning the GoldenPeacock]421
171[The Story of theBrāhmaṇa’s Kitten]425
172[The Story of the MangoBird]430
173[How the Parrot explained theLaw-suit]435
174[The Parrot and the Crow]440
175[The Crow and the Darter]442
176[Concerning the Crows and theOwls]443
177[The Female Lark]445
[Index]449

See Additional Notes and Corrections in the Appendix, Vol. III.