Reward for almsgiving

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Reward for almsgiving.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds rewarded. · Kindness rewarded. · view the constellation · filed as Q44

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

BuddhistThe Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Book I

Scholars’ trail — 8references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

SpanishKeller, Espinosa II No. 86, Espinosa Jr. No. 200
JewishNeuman
IndiaThompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 134, 342, II 1091, 1366
JapaneseIkeda.
general Scala Celi 81b, 83a Nos. 465, 472
general Alphabet 298, 302
general Crane Vitry 175 No. 96

Within the index

Filed under Kindness rewarded.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Reward to almsgiving monk given in form of restored honor and position Man pardoned for short accounts when it is learned that he has given the money to the poor as alms One rupee given away for charity incidentally brings back ten rupees

Filed beside it

Politeness rewarded Generosity rewarded Reward for giving counsel Hospitality rewarded Reward for protecting fugitive Kindness to orphans repaid by dead parents Kindness to animals rewarded Reward for rescue Uprightness rewarded. (Cf. Q151.7.)Reward for sparing life when in animal form Love rewarded Attendance on the sick rewarded

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