A Jataka-Tale from the Tibetan
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Description: Article by H. Wenzel, published in "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland."
A Jataka-Tale from the Tibetan. A Jataka-Tale from the Tibetan. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and p.503 A Jataka-Tale from the Tibetan. By H. WENZEL IN the History of Tibet called Rgyal-rabs-gsal-vai-me-lon ('The mirror illustrating the lineage of the kings') we find, as sixth chapter, the tale translated here, which corresponds to the Valahassa Jataka (Fausboll, ii. 127 ff., also in E. Muller's Pali Grammar, p. 128 ff.). As will be seen, the tale appears here in a richer, and quasi-dra- matic, garb, with the addition of some characteristic traits, as e.g. the marvellous food that makes men forget their bygone troubles (cp. Odyssey, ix. 94 f.), etc., etc. The Rgyal-rabs itself is a work of the 17th century A.D. It begins with the evolution of the universe (in chapter 1, cp. Rockhill, Life of the Buddha, p. 1 ff.), gives, in ch. 2, a short survey of the Lord's life, and, in ch. 3 and 4, of the beginnings of Buddhism, relates, in ch. 5, the merits of Avalokitecvara in spreading the Law in Tibet, and goes then, ch. 6, on to our tale. Follows the origin of the Tibetan race from an ape and a rakshasi (ch. 7), the beginning of the royal line (ch. 8), finally, the chief contents and purpose of the book, life and doings of King Sronbtsan sgam-po (ch. 9-17), whereon the book closes with a sort of appendix.containing the further history of the country to the time of the writer. The work has been partially known for a long time by the extracts from the Mongolian translation thereof, called Bodhimor, given in the notes to I. J. Schmidt's edition of the Mongolian historian Ssanang Ssetzen. For my copy of the work I had the use of two blockprints, one belonging formerly to Mr. Jaschke, now in the British Museum; the othcr of the University Library of St. Petersburg, p.504 25181 (569), for which latter I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Saleman. The first is pretty correct, the other gives a few different readings, and has a peculiar, not to say faulty, spelling. Sixth chap
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