Buddhist Birth Stories;

About this eBook

Editor

Fausbøll, V. (Viggo), 1821-1908

Title

Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Jataka stories, English

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51880

Release Date

April 28, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; OR, JĀTAKA TALES.
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — The Ass in the Lion’s Skin . SĪHA-CAMMA JĀTAKA. — The Talkative Tortoise . KACCHAPA JĀTAKA. — The Jackal and the Crow . JAMBU-KHĀDAKA JĀTAKA. — The Birth as ‘Great Physician.’ 19 MAHOSADHA JĀTAKA. — Sakka’s Presents . DADHI-VĀHANA JĀTAKA. — A Lesson for Kings . RĀJOVĀDA JĀTAKA. — THE KALILAG AND DAMNAG LITERATURE. — THE BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT LITERATURE. — SUMMARY.
4. 4.PART II. ON THE HISTORY OF THE BIRTH STORIES IN INDIA .
5. 5.TABLE I. INDIAN WORKS.
6. 6.TABLE II. THE KALILAG AND DAMNAG LITERATURE.
7. 7.TABLE III. THE BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT SERIES.
8. 8.TABLE IV. COMPARISON OF THE CARIYĀ PIṬAKA AND THE JĀTAKA MĀLĀ.
9. 9.TABLE V. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JĀTAKA STORIES IN THE MAHĀVASTU.
10. 10.TABLE VI. PLACES AT WHICH THE TALES WERE TOLD.
11. 11.TABLE VII. THE BODISATS.
12. 12.TABLE VIII. JĀTAKAS ILLUSTRATED IN BAS-RELIEF ON THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
13. 13.THE NIDĀNAKATHĀ OR THE THREE EPOCHS . — II.—AVIDŪRE NIDĀNA. — THE PROXIMATE OR LAST EPOCH. 206
14. 14.GLORY BE TO THE BLESSED, THE HOLY, THE ALL-WISE ONE. — No. 1.—Holding to the Truth. 237 — No. 2. VAṆṆUPATHA JĀTAKA. The Sandy Road. — No. 3. SERI-VĀNIJA JĀTAKA. The Merchant of Sēri. — No. 4. CULLAKA-SEṬṬHI JĀTAKA. The Story of Chullaka the Treasurer. 250 — No. 5. TAṆḌULA-NĀḶI JĀTAKA. The Measure of Rice. 262 — No. 6. DEVA-DHAMMA JĀTAKA. On True Divinity. 266 — No. 9. 269 MAKHĀ-DEVA JĀTAKA. 270 The Story of Makhā Deva. — No. 10. SUKHAVIHĀRI JĀTAKA. The Happy Life — CHAPTER II. SĪLAVAGGA. — No. 11. LAKKHAṆA JĀTAKA. The Story of ‘Beauty.’ — No. 12. NIGRODHA-MIGA JĀTAKA. The Banyan Deer. — No. 13. KAṆḌINA JĀTAKA. The Dart of Love. — No. 14. VĀTA-MIGA JĀTAKA. The Greedy Antelope. — No. 15. KHARĀDIYĀ JĀTAKA. The Deer who would not learn. — No. 16. TIPALLATTHA-MIGA JĀTAKA. The Cunning Deer. — No. 18. MATAKA-BHATTA JĀTAKA. On Offering Food to the Dead. — No. 19. ĀYĀCITA-BHATTA JĀTAKA. On Offerings given under a Vow. — No. 20. NAḶAPĀNA JĀTAKA. The Monkeys and the Demon. — No. 21. KURUNGA-MIGA JĀTAKA. The Wily Antelope. — No. 22. KUKKURA JĀTAKA. The Dog who turned Preacher. — No. 23. BHOJĀJĀNĪYA JĀTAKA. The Bhoja Thoroughbred. — No. 24. ĀJAÑÑA JĀTAKA. The Thoroughbred War Horse. — No. 25. TITTHA JĀTAKA. The Horse at the Ford. — No. 26. MAHILĀ-MUKHA JĀTAKA. Evil communications corrupt good manners. — No. 27. ABHIṆHA JĀTAKA. The Elephant and the Dog. — No. 28. NANDI-VISĀLA JĀTAKA. The Bull who Won the Bet. — No. 29. KAṆHA JĀTAKA. The Old Woman’s Black Bull. — No. 30. MUṆIKA JĀTAKA. The Ox who Envied the Pig. — CHAPTER IV. KULĀVAKAVAGGA. — No. 31. KULĀVAKA JĀTAKA. On Mercy to Animals. — No. 32. NACCA JĀTAKA. The Dancing Peacock. — No. 33. SAMMODAMĀNA JĀTAKA. The sad Quarrel of the Quails. — No. 34. MACCHA JĀTAKA. The Fish and his Wife. — No. 35. VAṬṬAKA JĀTAKA. The Holy Quail. — No. 36. SAKUṆA JĀTAKA. The Wise Bird and the Fools. — No. 37. TITTIRA JĀTAKA. The Partridge, Monkey, and Elephant. — No. 38. BAKA JĀTAKA. The Cruel Crane Outwitted. — No. 39. NANDA JĀTAKA. Nanda on the Buried Gold. — No. 40. KHADIRANGĀRA JĀTAKA. The Fiery Furnace.
15. 15.INDEX.
16. 16.BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
17. 17.TRÜBNER’S ORIENTAL SERIES. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes

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