[190] Having gained a half-māsaka (aḍḍhamāsa) — a gain it had never gained before —
the chameleon (kakaṇṭaka) despises the king, Vedeha, the ruler of Mithilā.
The Kakaṇṭaka Jātaka, the tenth.
The Santhava Vagga, the second.
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Its summary (uddāna):
Then Indasamāna; the one with the leaf-hut [Santhava];
Susīma the supreme; the Vulture [Gijjha]; the womb-born one [Nakula];
Upasāḷhaka; the bhikkhu [Samiddhi]; the one with the excellent quail [Sakuṇagghi];
and then the excellent one on loving-kindness (mettā) [Araka] — thus the ten are complete.
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#1 Burmese ed. (M.): pamāṇakataṃ. 2 Burmese ed. (M.): uṇṇamati.
3. THE KALYĀṆADHAMMA VAGGA
1. The Kalyāṇadhamma Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.