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Title
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The Power of a Promise: A Jataka Tale
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Jataka Tale Series
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Dh13
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Creator
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No Author
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Contributor
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White, Rosalyn
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:37:49Z
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2004-12
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1989
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:37:49Z
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Date Issued
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1989
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Abstract
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Sutasoma, Brilliant Moon, is a ruling prince with extraordinary love of truth and lack of fear. The lion-like Kalmasha interrupts him as he is about to greet a wise man. Kalmasha, a self-described eater of princes, lets Sutasoma return to his reign, challenging him to fulfill his promise to come back once he has had the opportunity to listen to the wise old man. Sutasoma enjoys that opportunity and then, against his family's pleadings, returns to Kalmasha. Sutasoma approaches Kalmasha with compassion, trusting that his heart can change since he allowed Sutasoma the visit with the wise man. Kalmasha is indeed struck by Sutasoma's faithfulness to his promise. Soon, though with difficulty, he gives up eating princes and anyone else. He becomes famous as the Lion Prince. The special feature of the art of this series during the late 1980's seems to lie in the golden lines used to outline the portions of a given picture. Perhaps the best of the images shows Sutasoma returning to Kalmasha with a lotus in his hand; Kalmasha is agape with surprise at his return.
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Identifier
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0898001978 (pbk.)
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5333 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Dharma Press
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Oakland, CA
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Subject
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BQ1462.E5 P68 1989
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Jatakas
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Type
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Book, Whole