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Jataka
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Ja·ta·ka  (jät-k)
n.
Any of a genre of Buddhist texts containing stories about a former birth of Gautama Buddha.
[Sanskrit Jtakam, from neut. of jtaka-, engendered (by), born (under), from jta-, past participle of janate, he is born; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]
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s greatest work was his edition of the Jatakas in seven volumes published between 2420/1877 and 2440/1897,1 a noteworthy contribution to the study of popular Buddhism and Indian Buddhist culture.
The Devoted Efforts of German Scholars and German Buddhists by Saronkorn Seuyouyong / Philosophy and religion community
In 1968, the Thai Fine Arts Department discovered that Dupont, in failing to uncover more than the corners of the original basement from beneath a later addition, remained ignorant of the most interesting and best-preserved aspect of the monument: a sequence of panels with stucco reliefs depicting Jatakas, today on view in the local museum.
The Archaeology of the Mons of Dvaravati by Woodward, Hiram / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts
4) Likewise, the discourses of the Buddha found in the Jatakas use the fable as a social, philosophical and moral narrative.
The fable as narrative in the Indian tradition by Singh, Dhananjay / Creative Forum
 
 
 
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