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Jātaka

AuthorUnknown

LanguagePali

Year5th centry BC - 3rd century AD

CountrySri Lanka

GenreShort Story Collection / Tales

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The Jātaka is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pāli Canon of Theravāda Buddhism. It is included in the Sutta Pitaka's Khuddaka Nikaya. It comprises 547 poems, arranged roughly by an increasing number of verses. The various Indian Buddhist schools had different collections of jātakas, and the definitive Jātaka of the Pali Canon is one of the canonical collections that have existed within various Buddhist traditions. Some of the stories are also found in numerous other languages and media, such the Hindu Panchatantra.— Wikipedia