Jataka Tales
Britishplural noun
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Dr. Felix Adler, in his Foreword to "Jataka Tales," says that long ago he was "captivated by the charm of the Jataka Tales."
From More Jataka Tales by E. C. Babbitt
It is from this source that "Jataka Tales" and "More Jataka Tales" have been retold.
From More Jataka Tales by E. C. Babbitt
The great Indian collection of symbolic stories known as Jataka Tales, or Buddhist Birth Stories, has been called "the oldest, most complete, and most important collection of folklore extant."
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger
Joseph Jacobs claims to have found the original of the "Tar Baby" in the Jataka Tales.
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Laura F. Kready
And so "More Jataka Tales" were found in the volume translated from the Sanskrit into English by a group of Cambridge scholars and published by the University Press.
From More Jataka Tales by E. C. Babbitt
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