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 TABLE VII.

THE BODISATS.

At his request the Rev. Spence Handy's 'pandit' made an analysis of the number of times in which the Bodisat appears in the Buddhist Birth Stories in each of the following characters: —

An ascetic 83 A king 85 A tree god 43 A teacher 26 A courtier 24 A brāhman 24 A king's son 24 A nobleman 23 A learned man 22 Sakka 20 A monkey 18 A merchant 13 A man of property 12 A deer 11 A lion 10 A wild duck 8 A snipe 6 An elephant 6 A cock 5 A slave 5 An eagle 5 A horse 4 A bull 4 Brahma 4 A peacock 4 A serpent 4 A potter 3 An outcast 3 An iguana 3 A fish 2 An elephant driver 2 A rat 2 A jackal 2 A crow 2 A woodpecker 2 A thief 2 A pig 2 A dog 1 A curer of snake bites 1 A gambler 1 A mason 1 A smith 1 A devil dancer 1 A student 1 A silversmith 1 A carpenter 1 A water-fowl 1 A frog 1 A hare 1 A kite 1 A jungle cock 1 A fairy 1

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