List of Jatakas

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The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature concerning the stories of previous births of Gautama Buddha. Following is the list of Jataka tales mentioned in Buddhist literature or mythology. The tales are dated between 300 BC and 400 AD.

Thangka of Buddha with the One Hundred Jataka Tales in the background, Tibet, 13th-14th century.

The Jātakas are found as a textual division of the Pāli Canon called Jātakapāḷi, included in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Sutta Pitaka.

In Arya Śura's Jatakamala

Pannasa Jataka

The Paññāsa Jātaka is a non-canonical collection of 50 stories of the Buddha's past lives.

In Mahavastu

Haribhatta's Jatakamala

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