Asuras, war between gods and, [17]

Ātreya, the physician, teaches Jīvaka, [94]–9

Bahvannapāna, birth, [129];
chosen king, [131]

Basket, lover hidden in, [159]

Bath of blood, [60]

Bhadrā, her birth, [192];
her marriage and continence, [197]–201;
lives with Nirgranthas, [202]

Bhikshus, the six, [244]–6

Bhikshuṇīs, the twelve, [243]

Bimbisāra, King, [80];
marries Vāsavī, [83];
intrigues with Āmrapālī, [89];
with a merchant’s wife, [91];
his adventures with two Nāgarājas, [236]–40

Blue jackal, story of the, [336]