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Jâtaka

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Pâli collection of stories recounting 550 previous "births" of the Buddha, the earliest collection of popular tales, and the ultimate source of many of Æsop's fables and Western folk-lore legends.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Jâtaka'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​j/jactaka.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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