JATAKA

Meaning of JATAKA in English

n. Buddhist literature that include stories about a former birth or births of Buddha; holy literature of Buddhism

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JATAKA — ˈjäd.əkə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit jātaka, from jāta born, from janati he begets — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JATAKA — /jah"teuh keuh/ , n. Buddhism. a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JATAKA — [ 'dʒʌtəkə ] ■ noun any of the various stories of the former lives of the Buddha found in Buddhist …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JATAKA — ((Pali and Sanskrit: Birth),) any of the extremely popular stories of former lives of the Buddha, which are preserved in …
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JATAKA TALES — Джатаки
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The "classical" literatures …
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STUPA — Buddhist commemorative monument usually housing sacred relics associated with the Buddha or other saintly persons; it is an architectural symbol …
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SAMSARA
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FRAME STORY — also called frame tale overall unifying story within which one or more tales are related. In the single story, the …
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ANGA — (Pali and Sanskrit: limb, or division), any of several categories into which Buddhist canonical writings were divided in early times, …
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VARAHAMIHIRA — born 505, Ujjain, India died 587, Ujjain also called Varaha, or Mihira Indian philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, author of the …
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARTS — the literary, performing, and visual arts of Southeast Asia. Although the cultural development of the area was once dominated by …
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SANCHI SCULPTURE
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KHUDDAKA NIKAYA — (Pali: Short Collection), diverse group of separate Buddhist texts constituting the fifth and last section of the Pali Sutta Pitaka …
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BUDDHISM
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BHARHUT SCULPTURE — early Indian sculpture of the Sunga period (mid-2nd century BC) that decorated the great stupa, or relic mound, of Bharhut, …
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AMARAVATI SCULPTURE — Indian sculpture that flourished in the Andhra region of southeastern India from about the 2nd century BC to the end …
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The "classical" literatures …
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ДЖАТАКИ — Jataka tales
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