The Monster of Lotus Lake: A Jataka Tale

Title

en_US The Monster of Lotus Lake: A Jataka Tale

en_US Jataka Tales Series

en_US Dh26

Description

en_US Adapted by Dharma Publishing editorial staff

Creator

en_US Nestorowich, Sherri See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Nestorowich, Sherri

Date

2016-01-25T19:37:51Z

en_US 2004-12

en_US 2004

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:37:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 2004

Abstract

en_US The brothers Moon and Peace set out with their stepbrother Sun from their father's royal palace with heavy hearts. Sun's mother has tried to claim the succession for him in answer to an earlier promise from the king. The king urges Moon and Peace to go to the woods to hide out until he dies. Sun sees them leaving and joins them. They arrive near a lake that belongs to Kuber, the god of wealth. Kuber has given the lake to a monster to live in; he may eat anyone who enters into the lake and does not know right and wrong. The monster asks anyone he catches What is right and what is wrong? He gobbles up anyone who cannot answer correctly, but secretly he longs to hear the answer. The monster imprisons Moon and then Sun, who give only partially correct answers. Peace sees through the monster, acts warily with him, gives him good answers, and so rescues his brothers. When they learn of the father's death, they return and Peace rules in harmony. The monster gives up eating people and has a special place near the palace. Even the queen is reconciled to the arrangement and lives out her days in peace. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the art is the depiction of the lizardlike green monster.

Identifier

en_US 0898003636 (pbk.)

en_US 5341 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80886

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dharma Press

en_US Berkeley, CA

Subject

en_US BQ1462.E5 N47 2004 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole