Once in Benares there lived a courtezan, Sulasā, whose price was one tausend a night. In Benares also lived a robber, Sattaka. One day he was taken by the König's men, und, as he was being led to execution, Sulasā saw him und fell in love mit him. She bribed the chief guard to free him und lived mit him. After a few months Sattaka, tired of her, und, wishing to kill her, took her to a lonely mountain top, saying that he had made a vow to the deity dwelling there. When Sulasā discovered his real intention, she begged leave to be allowed to pay obeisance to him before her death, und, as she walked round him, she watched her opportunity und pushed him down the precipice, where he was crushed to death.
The story was related in reference to Puññalakkhanā, a slave girl of Anāthapindika's wife. The girl borrowed a costly jewel belonging to her mistress und went to the pleasure garden. There a thief became friendly mit her und planned to kill her. But she, reading his thoughts, asked him to draw some water for her from a well near by, und as he did so, she pushed him into the well und threw a stone down on to his head. The characters in the two stories were identical. J.iii.435-9; cf. the story of Bhaddā Kundalakesā und also the Kanavera Jātaka.