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Rasavāhinī
Stream of Flavour: A Book of Tales
MISCELLANY · volume 1 of 3
Rasavāhinī, the “Stream of Flavour” — a collection of 103 tales in ten chapters, called Madhurasavāhinī in manuscripts from Southeast Asia. 1200s CE.
Its author signs himself, and signs for two books at once. In the closing verses Vedeha — a pupil of Ānanda Araññaratana, the same teacher as the author of the Pajjamadhu — names himself as the author of this and of the Samantakūṭavaṇṇanā alike, which is also in this collection.
And it says outright that it is not original. Its own introductory verses rest it on an earlier collection of stories by Raṭṭhapāla of the Guttavaṅka monastery, which Matsumura has identified as the Sahassavatthuppakaraṇa; the Pali catalogue still assigns the work to Raṭṭhapāla under the older title. The arrangement is geographical — the first part gathers the stories that originate in Jambudīpa, the second those from Ceylon — and this volume closes at the end of the Indian half: Ettāvatā jambudīpuppattikathā samattā.
Not an original composition: it reworks an older collection by Raṭṭhapāla.
How it ends
Kuṇḍaliyā vatthuṃ dasamaṃ.
Mahāsenavaggo catuttho.
Ettāvatā jambudīpuppattikathā samattā.
SourcesHinüber 1996, pp. 191–192, §§413–414; Gandhavaṃsa, in Minayeff 1886, p. 63.
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- VedehaHinüber 1996, p. 191, §413
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- 1200s CEHinüber 1996, p. 191, §413
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- Complete in draft, not yet reviewed · 2,457 paragraphs over 62 pages
- The Chapter on DhammasoṇḍakaDhammasoṇḍakavaggo
- 1. In the story of Dhammasoṇḍaka, this is the account in due order.1. Dhammasoṇḍakassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 2. In the story of the deer-hunter, this is the account in due order.2. Migaluddakassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbikathā
- 3. In the story of the three beings, this is the account in due order.3. Tiṇṇaṃjanānaṃ vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 4. In the story of Buddhenī, this is the account in due order.4. Buddheniyā vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 5. In the story of the snake-charmer, this is the account in due order.5. Ahituṇḍikassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 6. In the story of the Elder Saraṇa, this is the account in due order.6. Saraṇattherassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 7. In the story of Vessāmittā, this is the account in due order.7. Vessāmittāya vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 8. In the story of the Great Mandhātā, this is the account in due order.8. Mahāmandhātuvatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 9. In the story of the merchant Buddhavamma, this is the account in due order.9. Buddhavammavāṇijakavatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 10. In the story of Rūpadevī, this is the account in due order.10. Rūpadeviyā vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- The Chapter on King NandiyaNandiyarājavaggo
- 11. In the story of King Nandiya, this is the account in due order.11. Nandiyarājassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 12. In the story of a certain man, this is the account in due order.12. Aññataramanussassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 13. In the story of Prince Visamaloma, this is the account in due order.13. Visamalomakumārassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 14. In the story of Kañcanadevī, this is the account in due order.14. Kañcanadeviyā vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 15. In the story of the tiger, this is the account in due order.15. Byagghassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 16. In the story of the one who gave a piece of plank, this is the account in due order.16. Phalakakhaṇḍadinnassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 17. In the story of the thief's friend, this is the account in due order.17. Corasahāyassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 18. In the story of the brahmin Marutta, this is the account in due order.18. Maruttabrāhmaṇassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 19. In the story of the one who gave water, this is the account in due order.19. Pānīyadinnassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 20. In the story of the friend who gave up his life, this is the account in due order.20. Sahāyassa pariccattajīvitakassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- The Chapter on the Deceived YakkhaYakkhavañcitavaggo
- 21. In the story of the deceived yakkha, this is the account in due order.21. Yakkhavañcita vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 22. In the story of the one of wrong view, this is the account in due order.22. Micchadiṭṭhikassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 23. In the story of the footstool, this is the account in due order.23. Pādapīṭhikāya vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 24. In the story of the novice Uttara, this is the account in due order.24. Uttarasāmaṇerassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 25. In the story of Kāvīrapaṭṭana, this is the account in due order.25. Kavīrapaṭṭana vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 26. In the story of the executioner, this is the account in due order.26. Coraghātakavatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 27. In the story of the faithful lay follower, this is the account in due order.27. Saddhopāsakassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 28. In the story of the poor man, this is the account in due order.28. Kapaṇassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 29. In the story of the young god, this is the account in due order.29. Devaputtassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 30. In the story of the Elder Sīvali, this is the account in due order.30. Sīvalittherassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- The Chapter on MahāsenaMahāsenavaggo
- 31. In the story of King Mahāsena, this is the account in due order.31. Mahāsenarañño vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 32. In the story of Suvaṇṇatilakā, this is the account in due order.32. Suvaṇṇatilakāya vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 33. In the story of the poor woman, this is the account in due order.33. Kapaṇāya vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 34. In the story of the Elder Indagutta, this is the account in due order.34. Indaguttattherassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 35. In the story of the woman who offered sākha flowers, this is the account in due order.35. Sākhamālapūjikāya vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 36. In the story of the brahmin Moriya, this is the account in due order.36. Moriyabrahmaṇassa vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 37. In the story of the son, this is the account in due order.37. Puttavatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 38. In the story of the three brother honey-merchants, this is the account in due order.38. Tebhātikamadhuvāṇijakānaṃ vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 39. In the story of the daughter of King Bodhi (all copies read 'Bodhirājadhītā'), this is the account in due order.39. Bodhirājadhītuyā bodhirājadhītāya itisabbattha vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā
- 40. In the story of Kuṇḍalī, this is the account in due order.40. Kuṇḍaliyā vatthumhi ayamānupubbīkathā