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26. — MAHILĀ-MUKHA JĀTAKA.
the righteous said, you followed them"), he made the connexion, and summed up the Jātaka by saying, "He who at that time was 'Girly-face' was the traitor-monk, the king was Ānanda, and the minister was I myself."
END OF THE STORY ABOUT 'GIRLY-FACE.'[1]
- ↑ Perhaps 'Woman-face' would be a more literal rendering of the word Mahilā-mukha. But as the allusion is evidently to the elephant's naturally gentle character, I have rendered the expression by 'Girly-face.' The exaggeration in this story is somewhat too absurd for Western tastes.
