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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mahakapi_JatakaMahakapi Jataka - Wikipedia

    The Mahakapi Jataka is one of the Jataka tales or stories of the former lives of the Buddha, when he was still a Bodhisattva, as a king of the monkeys [2] Story. The story runs that the Bodhisattva was born as a monkey, ruler over 80,000 monkeys. They lived at a spot near the Ganges and ate of the fruit of a great mango tree.

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  3. thejatakatales.com › mahakapi-jataka-407Mahakapi Jataka (#407) - The Jataka Tales

    Mahakapi Jataka (#407) The Bodhisatta was once a king of monkeys. He led a troop of eighty thousand that fed regularly in a giant mango tree on the bank of the Ganges River that bore the sweetest, most delicious fruit.

  4. encyclopediaofbuddhism.org › wiki › Mahakapi_Jataka:Mahakapi Jataka: The Great Monkey King (Jat 407)

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  6. smarthistory.org › jatakasJatakas: the many lives of Buddha as Bodhisattva - Smarthistory

    One Jataka story that became popular in Buddhist art is the Mahakapi Jataka. This Jataka describes how the Bodhisattva was born as a Great Monkey who dwelled in a beautiful Himalayan forest among a large troop of monkeys.

  7. tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com › en › indexMahakapi Jataka: The Great Monkey King - Tibetan Buddhist ...

    Mahakapi Jataka: The Great Monkey King - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia. One day in Jetavana Monastery bhikkhus began talking about the good that the Buddha did for his relatives.

  8. www.sahapedia.org › jataka-tales-karma-lifeJataka Tales: Karma, Life Lessons and Stories of the Afterlife

    A 1st century BCE depiction of the Mahakapi Jataka in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh. The tale revolves around Bodhisattva in a previous life as the king of 80,000 monkeys. When attacked by a king, the Bodhisattva helps the other monkeys to flee and travel across a stream by creating a bridgne with his own body (Photo Source: Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia ...

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  10. www.wisdomlib.org › buddhism › bookJataka 407: Mahākapi-jātaka - Wisdom Library

    Jul 31, 2018 · The jatakas (buddhist birth history) are a category of literature within buddhism and narrate the previous births of the historical Buddha ( Siddhartha Gautama ). They include various obstacles which a Buddha-character encounters and must overcome. Alternative title: Mahākapi-jātaka. Jataka 407: Mahākapi-jātaka. < Previous. parent: Volume 3. Next >