# The grateful elephant

Author: Burlingame, Eugene Watson, 1876-1932; Lathrop, Dorothy Pulis, 1891-1980 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74064

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+grateful+elephant+Burlingame&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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, awakened or enlightened to the cause and the cure of human suffering.

## Chapters

- [Part 2. Corrupt fruit from a good tree Jā. 186: ii. 104](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-grateful-elephant-74064/chapters/1/index.md)