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.

STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE

No. 76

A Legend of Kandy[1]

At a certain place in Lan̥kāwa (Ceylon), there was an extensive forest. In that forest there were elephants, bears, leopards, wan̆durās,[2] and many other jungle animals.

At any time whatever, at the time when any animal springs for seizing an animal that is its prey, it comes running near a rock that is in an open place in the forest. Having arrived near the rock, the animal that ran through fear goes bounding back after the animal that is chasing it. Regarding that rock, it was the custom that it was [known as] “The Rock of the Part where there is Tranquillity” (Sen̥-kaḍa-gala[3]).

One day a Basket-mender for the purpose of cutting bamboos went into this forest. While he was cutting bamboos a certain jackal went driving a hare on the path. At the time when the hare arrived near this rock the jackal began to run back, and the hare ran behind it.