List of Jatakas

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The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature concerning the stories of previous births of Gautama Buddha. Following is the list of Jataka tales mentioned in Buddhist literature or mythology. The tales are dated between 300 BC and 400 AD.

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Thangka of Buddha with the One Hundred Jataka Tales in the background, Tibet, 13th-14th century. Thangka of Buddha with the One Hundred Jataka Tales, Tibet, 13th-14th century.jpg
Thangka of Buddha with the One Hundred Jataka Tales in the background, Tibet, 13th-14th century.

In Pali Canon

The Jātakas are found as a textual division of the Pāli Canon called Jātakapāḷi, included in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka .

In Arya Śura's Jatakamala

The Jātaka-Mālā of Arya Śura in Sanskrit gives 34 Jātaka stories.

Pannasa Jataka

The Paññāsa Jātaka is a non-canonical collection of 50 stories of the Buddha's past lives.

In Mahavastu

The Mahāvastu is a Vinaya text of the Lokottaravāda school of Early Buddhism. Over half of the text is composed of Jātaka and Avadāna tales.

Haribhatta's Jatakamala

Haribhatta's Jatakamala presents thirty-four accounts of the Buddha's past lives. Some of them are:

Here are images illustrating some of the scenes from the Jataka tales:

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Jatakamala manuscript 8th-9th century. Manuscript fragment of the Buddhist Jatakamala, Sanskrit language in the Gilgit-Bamiyan-Typ II Protosarada script, Toyuk, probably 8th-9th century - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC01754.JPG
Jatakamala manuscript 8th-9th century.
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Bernstein, Richard (2001). Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment. A.A. Knopf. ISBN   9780375400094 . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Marshall .
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