Man cannot die: snake will not bite him though it is provoked by him. (Cf. N146.)

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Man cannot die: snake will not bite him though it is provoked by him. (Cf. N146.)

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Nature of luck and fate. · Nature of luck and fate. · view the constellation · filed as N101.3

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Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 1030.

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Inexorable fate: no day without sorrow. A king, who has made decree against sorrow on a certain day is blinded by a swallow in his sleep Inexorable fate: death from violating tabus. (Cf. C920.)Man fated to become king becomes so despite fact he breaks his tooth in which his luck resides. (Cf. N113.2.2.)

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Man not fated to die cannot be killed. (Cf. N101.3.)

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