Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The grateful elephant

Burlingame, Eugene Watson, 1876-1932; Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis, 1891-1980 [Illustrator]· 1 chapters· 41,113 words

Gotama Buddha was born nearly twenty-five centuries ago in the city of Kapila, in Northeast India. Kapila was the principal city of the Sakya tribe, and his father was king of the tribe. _Gotama_ was his family name. _Buddha_ means _Awakened_ or _Enlightened_, that is to say,...

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1. Part 2. Corrupt fruit from a good tree Jā. 186: ii. 104

Gotama Buddha was born nearly twenty-five centuries ago in the city of Kapila, in Northeast India. Kapila was the principal city of the Sakya tribe, and his father was king of t...