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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 22
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
Kuruį¹
gavagga The Four-horned Antelope
2. KukkurajÄtaka Hounds: a past life story
āYe kukkurÄ rÄjakulamhi vaddhÄ, The dogs raised in the royal family, The Bodhisatta, born as a leader of a pack of dogs in the cemetery (!), protests the unjust slaughter of the wild dogs when it is the fancy hounds of the court who are the real culprits.
KoleyyakÄ vaį¹į¹abalÅ«papannÄ; pedigreed, handsome and strong, For koleyyakÄ see AN 7.63:10.3.
Teme na vajjhÄ mayamasma vajjhÄ, are not slaughtered, we are slaughteredā
NÄyaį¹ saghaccÄ dubbalaghÄtikÄyanāti. this is not the mutts deserving death, this is the killing of the weak.
KukkurajÄtakaį¹ dutiyaį¹.