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narratives > last existence > predication > offering of dust

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offering of dust  

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  • Source: Kucha Project https://kuchatest.saw-leipzig.de/pr

    aśoka, as a boy who gives sand in the bowl of the buddha
  • gift of dust
  • offering a handful of dust

Note

  • Jaya and Vijaya, two boys of good family, see the Buddha while playing with dust or clay and put a handful in his begging bowl as offering. The Buddha predicts Jaya’s rebirth as the emperor Aśoka.

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  • 1858730767

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