Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Jataka Tales
The collection places the Jataka stories within the long sequence of births following Sumedha’s dedication. It describes the Buddha-elect appearing as a human, deva or animal while maintaining the chosen path. Its selected examples include the six-tusked elephant, a tree deity and the hare in the moon. The collection explicitly selects a few typical stories from a much larger body.
Also known as Jātaka
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In the sources
Principal account
TraditionalThe collection places the Jataka stories within the long sequence of births following Sumedha’s dedication. It describes the Buddha-elect appearing as a human, deva or animal while maintaining the chosen path.
Further detail
TraditionalIts selected examples include the six-tusked elephant, a tree deity and the hare in the moon. The collection explicitly selects a few typical stories from a much larger body.
Context & interpretation
This entry concerns the collection’s introduction and selection of Jataka tales. Its stated number is attributed to the book; the selected stories do not represent the full range of Jataka collections or textual histories.
Original passages
Source 1
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
550 births are relatedOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), active reader leaf 306
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0109-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0109-E001-P0306
- Original scan leaf
- 306
- Recorded leaf number
- 306
- Current Reader position
- 297
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
a few typical examplesOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1914), active reader leaf 306
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0109-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0109-E001-P0306
- Original scan leaf
- 306
- Recorded leaf number
- 306
- Current Reader position
- 297
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed