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Jataka

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[jah-tuh-kuh] / ˈdʒɑ tə kə /

noun

Buddhism.
  1. a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha.


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The venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero, founder of the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery in Sri Lanka, told me a story from the Jataka, an ancient book of poems about the Buddha's earlier lives.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2016

The Ajanta murals tell the Jataka stories of the lives of the Buddha in images of supreme elegance and grace.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2014

I realised that the greatest short story writer in South Asia was Buddha, where the stories of his previous lives were recounted as Jataka tales.

From The Guardian ● May 14, 2013

The Jataka accordingly contains the Buddhist explanation why the moon—i.e. the hare in the moon, i.e.

From Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

No fear has any one of me; neither have I fear of any one: in my good-will to all I trust.—Introduction to the Jataka.

From The Essence of Buddhism by Various

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