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and the day which, eat away the branch of life, while the four serpents are the four elements of man's body, and the fiery dragon represents hell. The few drops of honey, the pleasures of this world.

[Occurrences in Barlaam. — In Arab., Georg., and Gr. , therefore in Indian original.

Indian Original. — Mahabharata, xi. (Cf. Clouston, Athenæum, Feb. 7, 1891.) Jaina version, Chinese version, Avadanas, i. 132 seq., 191 seq., Tibetan version. (Cf. Germania, xxxv. 351 seq.) For variations, see supra, p. lxxiii.

Parallels. — For symbol of tree, cf. Madhusudana on Bhagavadgita, xv. i. A reference to elephant in Upanishads, S.B.E., xv. 167. For resemblance with Yggdrasil, see Grimm, Teut. Myth., 1331, 1536.

Derivates. — Occurs in Bidpai literature, cf. Bidpai, ed. Jacobs, p. Ixx. (add. Directorium, ed. Derenbourg, p. 34 and refs. in note), as well as in almost all versions of Barlaam. In Arab, Romance of Avicenna, cf. Noldeke, Doctor und Garkoch, p. 53 ; Berachyah Nakdan, 68 (cf. Steinschneider, Z.D.M.G., xxvii. 562; Central-Anzeiger, i. 134 ; Uebersetzungen, 880). Gesta, ed. Oesterley, 168 ; Legenda aurea, c. 180 ; Vincent Bellovac, Hist., xiv. 15 ; 3Ior.,I., i. 20; Odo deSherington, ap. Hervieux, Fab. Lat., ii. 626 ; Abund. Exempl., f. 51 ; Bareleta, Sermones, ed. 1505, f. 9 ; Spec. Exempl., ed. 1487, iv. 16; Magn. Spec. Exempl., ed. Major, s.v. " Delitiae," iv. ; Libra de los Gatos, 48 ; Jacques de Vitry, Exempla, ed. Crane, 134 ; Bozon, Contes Mora- list, 29 ; Dit de VUnicorne et du Serpent in Jubinal, Nouv. rec, ii. 113 ; and Lidforss, Choix, 1877, No. 16 ; Stephen de Borbone, Hubert de Roman, 50 ; Rev. d. lang. rom., 3rd ser., ix. 161. Cats Dutch poem, MS. ; Manul Philes, Carmina, i. 126 seq. ; Slav. version by Veselovsky (see Kuhn, 77). Chinese Chapbook, ap. R.A.S., China branch, XIX., i. 94.