jataka

English

Alternative forms

Jataka

Etymology

From Sanskrit जातक (jātaka, “born under”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑːtəkə/

Noun

jataka (plural jatakas)

(Buddhism) Any of a large number of Indian tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha.
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 4:
  In the centuries after the Buddha's life, many ordinary, non-literate Indians would have learned of him through Jatakas, popular morality tales about his imagined previous lives […].

Translations

tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha

Chinese:
Mandarin: 本生 (zh) (běnshēng)

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