Black antelope, the skin of, worn by an ascetic—I. [198].
Blackhead, how cured—I. 573.
Blood, turned into sap—I. [31];
bath of, I. [53], [572]; II. 628, 636.
Bluebeard chamber—I. [224], 576; II. [268], [451].
Boar, story of the pious boar who gave his flesh to be devoured by a lion—II. [177].
Bodhisattva, one who has one birth before he attains the state of a supreme Buddha—I. [376]; II. [101], [103], [105], [106], [107], [108], [175], [176], [178], [182], [186], [189], [190], [308], [314], [316], 628.
Bodhisattva Avadána, story of Brahmadatta found in—II. [506] note.
Body of a man who had been a Dánava in a previous birth, preserved embalmed—I. [416];
he re-enters it—I. 420.
Boon granted by the hermit Durvásas—I. [111].
Boy of the Bráhmanic caste sacrifices himself to save a king—II. [341];
parallels to the story—II. 342.