TABLE VII.
THE BODISATS.
At his request the Rev. Spence Handy’s ‘paṇḍit’ made an analysis of the number of times in which the Bodisat appears in the Buddhist Birth Stories in each of the following characters:—
| An ascetic | 83 | An iguana | 3 |
| A king | 85 | A fish | 2 |
| A tree god | 43 | An elephant driver | 2 |
| A teacher | 26 | A rat | 2 |
| A courtier | 24 | A jackal | 2 |
| A brāhman | 24 | A crow | 2 |
| A king’s son | 24 | A woodpecker | 2 |
| A nobleman | 23 | A thief | 2 |
| A learned man | 22 | A pig | 2 |
| Sakka | 20 | A dog | 1 |
| A monkey | 18 | A curer of snake bites | 1 |
| A merchant | 13 | A gambler | 1 |
| A man of property | 12 | A mason | 1 |
| A deer | 11 | A smith | 1 |
| A lion | 10 | A devil dancer | 1 |
| A wild duck | 8 | A student | 1 |
| A snipe | 6 | A silversmith | 1 |
| An elephant | 6 | A carpenter | 1 |
| A cock | 5 | A water-fowl | 1 |
| A slave | 5 | A frog | 1 |
| An eagle | 5 | A hare | 1 |
| A horse | 4 | A kite | 1 |
| A bull | 4 | A jungle cock | 1 |
| Brahma | 4 | A fairy | 1 |
| A peacock | 4 | ||
| A serpent | 4 | 530 | |
| A potter | 3 | ||
| An outcast | 3 |
TABLE VIII.
JĀTAKAS ILLUSTRATED IN BAS-RELIEF ON THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
Arranged from General Cunningham’s ‘Stūpa of Bharhut.’
| No. | Plate | Title inscribed on the stone. | Title in the Jātaka Book. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | xxv. | Miga Jākata. | Nigrodha-miga | Jākata.[108] | |
| 2. | xxv. | Nāga[109]Jākata. | Kakkaṭaka | Jākata. | |
| 3. | xxv. | Yava-majhakiya | Jātaka. | ?[110] | |
| 4. | xxv. | Muga-pakhaya | Jākata. | Muga-pakkha | Jākata. |
| 5. | xxvi. | Laṭuwa | Jākata. | Laṭukikā | Jākata. |
| 6. | xxvi. | Cha-dantiya | Jākata. | Chad-danta | Jākata. |
| 7. | xxvi. | Isi-siŋgiya | Jākata. | Isa-siŋga | Jākata. |
| 8. | xxvi. | (?) Yambumane- ayavesi | Jākata. | Andha-bhūta | Jākata. |
| 9. | xxvii. | ?[111] | Kuruŋga-miga | Jākata. | |
| 10. | xxvii. | Haŋsa | Jākata. | Nacca | Jākata.[112] |
| 11. | xxvii. | Kinara | Jākata. | Canda-kinnara | Jākata.[113] |
| 12. | xxvii. | ?[111] | Asadisa | Jākata. | |
| 13. | xxvii. | ?[111] | Jākata. | Dasaratha | Jākata. |
| 14. | xliii. | Isi-migo | Jākata. | ?[114] | |
| 15. | xlvi. | Uda | Jākata. | ?[114] | |
| 16. | xlvi. | Secha | Jākata. | Dūbhiya-makkaṭa. | |
| 17. | xlvii. | Sujāto gahuto | Jākata. | Sujāta | Jākata. |
| 18. | {Biḍala | Jākata. | |||
| xlvii. | {Kukuṭa | Jākata. | Kukkuṭa | Jākata. | |
| 19. | xlviii. | Maghā-deviya | Jākata. | Makhā-deva | Jākata.[115] |
| 20. | xlviii. | Bhisa-haraniya | Jākata. | ?[114] | |
| 21. | xviii. | Vitura-panakaya | Jākata.[116] | Vidhūra | Jākata. |
| 22. | xxviii. | {Janako Rāja | Jākata. | Janaka | Jākata. |
| {Sivala Devi | Jākata. | ||||
There are numerous other scenes without titles, and not yet identified in the Jātaka Book, but which are almost certainly illustrative of Jātaka Stories; and several scenes with titles illustrative of passages in the Nidāna Kathā of the Jātaka Book. So, for instance, Pl. xvi. fig. 1 is the worship in heaven of the Buddha’s Head-dress, whose reception into heaven is described below, p. 86; and the heavenly mansion, the Palace of Glory, is inscribed Vejayanto Pāsādo, the origin of which name is explained below, p. 287. Plate xxviii. has a scene entitled ‘Bhagavato Okkanti’ (The Descent of the Blessed One),[117] in illustration of Māyā Devi’s Dream (below, pp. 62, 63); and Plate lvii. is a representation of the Presentation of the Jetavana Monastery (below, pp. 130-133). The identifications of Nos. 12 and 13 in the above list are very doubtful.
Besides the above, Mr. Fergusson, in his ‘Tree and Serpent Worship,’ has identified bas-reliefs on the Sanchi Tope in illustration of the Sama and Asadisa Jātakas (Pl. xxxvi p. 181) and of the Vessantara Jātaka (Pl. xxiv. p. 125); and there are other Jātaka scenes on the Sanchi Tope not yet identified.