Mahachat (English spelling)

Japanese: マハーチャート（英語表記）Mahachat

This is the Thai version of the Pali sutra "The Sutra of the Birth of Prince Bhikkhu" (13 volumes, 1000 verses). It is also called the "Sutra of Great Birth". It is the most literary part of the Jataka sutras (the sutras of the birth of the Buddha). "Great birth" is a phrase that celebrates the completion of Shakyamuni's ten lives before becoming a Buddha by ending his life as Prince Bhikkhu. It has been translated by royal order several times since 1482, but the Ministry of Education's edition, which is a collection of the best translations of each volume, is the most famous and is also used as a textbook. Prince Bhikkhu will donate anything he is asked to donate, but he gives away a white elephant and is exiled from the country, and he also gives away his beloved children and daughters, and finally the moment he gives away even the queen, his wish is fulfilled and his wife and children are returned to the prince.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

パーリ語の《布施太子本生経》(13巻1000偈)のタイ語版。《大生経》ともいう。ジャータカ(本生経)の中で最も文学的な部分である。〈大生〉とは釈尊が布施太子としての生を終えることにより，仏陀になる前の全十生を終えたことを祝っていうことば。1482年以来数回王命により訳されたが，現在は各巻ごとに名訳を選び集めた文部省版が最も有名で，教科書にもなっている。布施太子は請われると何でも布施するが，白象を与えて国を追われ，最愛の児女も与え，ついには妃まで布施した瞬間に大願成就，妻子も王子の手に戻る。

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