Lexicographical Neighbors of Jatakas
| jaspilite jaspilites jaspis jaspises jasplakinolide jaspoid jasponyx jasps jaspé jasy | jataka jatakas (current term) jati jato jatos jatropha jatrophas jatrophic jatrorrhizine jats | jau gok jauk jauked jauking jauks jaunce |
Literary usage of Jatakas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1893)
"... these are the ' jatakas' (proper); (2) legends of the Buddha in his last,
historical, existence; (3) legends of the Buddhist disciples, these are the ..."
2. Manual of Natural Education by Winifred d'Estcourte Sackville Stoner (1916)
"The jatakas Tales of India are excellent to teach children morals without letting
the little ones know that they are being "preached at. ..."
3. Buddhist Birth Stories, Or, Jātaka Tales: Or Jātaka Tales. The Oldest by Thomas William Rhys Davids, Viggo Fausbøll (1880)
"... is very small indeed (being only five out of the three hundred jatakas ...
(the chapter including all those jatakas which have only one verse). ..."
4. The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, with Those by Aesop, William Caxton, Joseph Jacobs (1889)
"As a contrast to the case of the jatakas, we may consider the Talmudic fables,
which are of interest also in many other connections, as we shall see. ..."
5. The Hibbert Lectures by Hibbert Trust (1882)
"I refer to the place occupied by the jatakas in the Buddhistic literature.
The name signifies, according to the traditional interpretation, ..."
6. National Religions and Universal Religions: Lectures Delivered at Oxford and by Abraham Kuenen (1882)
"I refer to the place occupied by the jatakas in the Buddhistic literature.
The name signifies, according ..."
7. Buddhist Birth Stories, Or, Jātaka Tales: Or Jātaka Tales. The Oldest by Thomas William Rhys Davids, Viggo Fausbøll (1880)
"... have not as yet become jatakas,—that is, no character in the story is 1 Thus,
for instance, the MANI KASTHA JATAKA ..."
8. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1897)
"Comparisons with Sanskrit jatakas containing verses (the number of such jatakas
now accessible to us is very limited) prove that the jatakas are almost ..."
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