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  1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows. Which of the…

    Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows. Which of the following Jataka tales is described in the passage given above?

    1. AVessantara Jataka
    2. BSibi Jataka
    3. CChaddanta Jataka
    4. DMahajanaka Jataka
    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    The story of a king who shelters a pigeon from a hawk and cuts off his own flesh to match the bird's weight on a scale is the Sibi Jataka, an emblem of supreme charity painted at Ajanta. The Vessantara Jataka is about a prince who gives away all his possessions, the Chaddanta Jataka concerns a six-tusked elephant, and the Mahajanaka Jataka tells of a shipwrecked prince. The flesh-on-the-scale episode points clearly to King Sibi.

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