Ghatajātaka untranslated

Ghatajātaka 01. (Ja 355). The story of Ghata (1) (q.v.). It was related in reference to a minister of the Kosala king. He had been the king’s favourite, but then, influenced by slanderers, the king cast him into prison, where he entered the First Path. When he was released he visited the Buddha, who told him the Jātaka story.

Ānanda is identified with King Vaṅka of the Jātaka. Ja.iii.168ff.

Ghatajātaka 02. (Ja 454). The story of the Andhakaveṇhudāsaputta (q.v.) and of the manner in which Ghata paṇḍita assuaged the grief of his brother, Vāsudeva. The introductory story resembles that of the Maṭṭhakundalijātaka.

Rohiṇeyya is identified with Ānanda and Vāsudeva with Sāriputta (Ja.iv.79ff).

This Jātaka perhaps influenced the story of Ummādacittā found in the Maha Vaṁsa (ix.13); for its connection with the Harivaṁsa, see ZDMG.53, 25ff.