Birth Stories. Canonical verses about the Buddha’s previous lives, preserved with their traditional commentary stories in a complete six-volume English translation.
Canonical verses about the Buddha’s previous lives, preserved with their traditional commentary stories in a complete six-volume English translation.
All 547 numbered Jātaka articles are available in Cowell et al.’s six-volume English edition (1895–1907). Some articles refer to other stories or omit passages; the edition is not always self-contained. Separate verse translations appear where available.
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547 indexed text entries; 547 with local translations; 629 local editions. Availability does not establish translation completeness.
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