Ja 26 — The Story about Mahiḷāmukha the Mad Elephant

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Stories of Past Lives 26
The Book of the Ones
The Four-horned Antelope
The Elephant Named Ladyface: a past life story
Before, hearing the speech of the bandits,
Ladyface went on a rampage.
But hearing the speech of the well-restrained,
the supreme elephant is established in all good qualities.