Definition of Jataka

1. a nativity [n -S] - See also: nativity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jataka

jaspideous
jaspilite
jaspilites
jaspis
jaspises
jasplakinolide
jaspoid
jasponyx
jasps
jaspé
jasy
jataka (current term)
jatakas
jati
jato
jatos
jatropha
jatrophas
jatrophic
jatrorrhizine
jats
jau gok
jauk
jauked
jauking
jauks

Literary usage of Jataka

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"Even where the jataka has not already been translated, its publication ... Thus there is no doubt that the jataka, No. 386, translated here for the first ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"[The edition of the (jataka' from which the selections are taken is that of ... The first is Rouse's translation from the Pali of the (jataka' (No. 215). ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"I need hardly recommend to readers of Folk-Lore the new Cambridge translation of the jataka, of which this, ..."

4. Buddhist Birth Stories, Or, Jātaka Tales: Or Jātaka Tales. The Oldest by Thomas William Rhys Davids, Viggo Fausbøll (1880)
"Mataka-bhatta jataka 226 19. On Offerings given under a Vow . ... Mahila-mukha jataka 257 27. The Elephant and the Dog . ..."

5. Buddhist Birth Stories, Or, Jātaka Tales: Or Jātaka Tales. The Oldest ...by Thomas William Rhys Davids, Viggo Fausbøll by Thomas William Rhys Davids, Viggo Fausbøll (1880)
"Mahila-mukha jataka 257 27. The Elephant and the Dog . ... Nandi-Visala jataka 266 29. The Old Woman's Black Bull. . . Kunha jataka . 270 30. ..."

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