Jataka Definition

jätə-kə
noun
Any of a genre of Buddhist texts containing stories about a former birth of Gautama Buddha.
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Origin of Jataka

  • Sanskrit Jātakam from neut. of jātaka- engendered (by), born (under) from jāta- past participle of janate he is born genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Jataka Sentence Examples

  • From that night he not only did not claim any merit on account of his self-mortification, but took every opportunity of declaring that from such penances 1 Bigandet, p. 49; and compare Jataka, p. 67, line 27.

  • Very few of the frescoes have been identified, but two are illustrations of stories in Arya Sura's Jataka Maid, as appears from verses in Buddhist Sanskrit painted beneath them.

  • Another interesting collection is the Jataka book, a set of verses supposed to have been uttered by the Buddha in some of his previous births.

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Words Starting With

JJAJAT

Words Ending With

AKAAKA

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Jataka

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