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264. The Bodhisatta As Candala

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was King of Benares, his chaplain’s family was destroyed by malarial fever. One son only broke through the wall and escaped. He came to Takkasila, and under a world-renowned teacher learnt all the arts and accomplishment then he bade his teacher farewell, and departed, with the intent to travel in different regions; and on his travels he arrived at a frontier village. Near to this was a great village of low-caste Candalas. Then the Bodhisatta abode in this village, a learned sage.