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88. The Bodhisatta – As Prince Five Weapons

Once on a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as prince, once more. On the day when he was to be named, the parents enquired as to their child’s destiny from eight hundred Brahmins.These clever soothsaying Brahmins foretold that, coming to the throne at the king’s death, the child should be a mighty king endowed with every virtue; famed and renowned for his exploits with five weapons, he should stand peerless in all Jambudipa. And because of this prophecy of the Brahmins, the parents named their son Prince Five Weapons.