Mahāvessantarajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 1155

[1155] And here are lions and tigers, purisālu goblins and elephants, eṇeyya antelopes and pasada deer, rohita deer and sarabha deer; jackal-dogs (koṭṭhasuṇa) and wild dogs as well, flying foxes (tuliya) hued like reeds, yaks (cāmarī), calanīs and laṅghīs, jhāpitas, monkeys (makkaṭa) and picus; kakkaṭas and katamāyās, bears (ikka) and wild oxen (goṇasira) in plenty, rhinoceroses (khagga), boars (varāha) and mongooses (nakula), and black serpents (kāḷaka) here in great numbers; buffaloes (mahisa), hounds (soṇa) and jackals (sigāla), and cappakas on every side, iguanas (ākucca) and pacalākas, spotted antelopes (citraka) and panthers (dīpi) too; hares (pelaka) and carrion-eaters (vighāsāda), lions and koka-wolves (kokanisātaka), eight-footed creatures (aṭṭhapāda) and peacocks (mora), bhassaras and kukuṭṭhakas. Caṅkora partridges, wild fowl (kukkuṭa) and nāga birds, crying out one to another; herons (baka) and balākā cranes, najjuhas, lapwings (dindibha) and koñca-voiced criers (koñcavādika); hawks (byagghinasa) and copper-backs (lohapiṭṭha), cappakas and jīvajīvaka pheasants; kapiñjaras and partridges (tittira), kulāvas and paṭikuṭṭhakas; maṇḍālakas and celakeḷus and the birds named bhaṇḍutittira; celāvakas and piṅgulas, godhakas and aṅgahetukas; karavīka cuckoos and saggas, hooting owls (uhuṅkāra) and kukkuha ospreys — thronged with flocks of birds of many kinds, resounding with their manifold notes. [Apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition (ม. = the Burmese edition): 1. Burmese: naḷapī siṅgū. 2. Burmese: kuṭaṇḍajā bhaddamuttā. 3. satapupphā is also a reading; Burmese: setapupphā. 4. Burmese: surabhī ca rukkhā tagarā. 5. Burmese: tuvaṅgavaṇṭakā. 6. Burmese: vibhedikā corakā kuṭṭhā. 7. (for rohitā) Burmese: rohiccā. 8. (for mahisā) Burmese: mahiṃsā. 9. (for cappakā) Burmese: pampakā. 10. (for kokanisātakā) Burmese: gogaṇisādakā.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.