JATAKA

Meaning of JATAKA in English

/jah"teuh keuh/ , n. Buddhism.

a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha.

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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 — n. Buddhist literature that include stories about a former birth or births of Buddha; holy literature of Buddhism
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JATAKA — [ 'dʒʌtəkə ] ■ noun any of the various stories of the former lives of the Buddha found in Buddhist …
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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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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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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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ДЖАТАКИ — Jataka tales
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