Mittāmittajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1724

[1724] Thus these sixteen aspects (ākāra) stand well established in a friend, by which, having seen and having heard, a wise man may know a friend as well.[4] The Mittāmitta Jātaka, the tenth. _______________ The summary (uddāna) thereof: Lahucitta ("fickle-minded" — the Cullakuṇāla), the one with the sāla tree (the Bhaddasāla), and again kasanti ("they plough" — the Samuddavāṇija); then Kāma, and the excellent "ten grounds indeed" (the Janasandha); then Kaṇha (the Mahākaṇha), the good Kosiya, and the excellent Meṇḍa (the Meṇḍakapañha); Paduma (the Mahāpaduma), and again, with the excellent Mitta (the Mittāmitta) — ten in all. The Book of Twelves (Dvādasanipāta) is concluded. [Variant readings: 1. Burmese edition: "pavutthaṃ tassa." 2. Burmese edition: "paññaṃ tassa." 3. Burmese edition: "aho sopi." 4. European (PTS) edition: "mittaṃ sujāneyya" (for "mittañca jāneyya").] THE JĀTAKAS OF THE BOOK OF THIRTEENS (TERASANIPĀTA) 1. THE AMBA JĀTAKA

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.