jataka

English

Alternative forms

• Jataka

Etymology

From Sanskrit जातक (jātaka, “born under”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑːtəkə/

Noun

jataka (plural jatakas)

1. (Buddhism) Any of a large number of Indian tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha.
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 4:

     In the centuries after the Buddha's life, many ordinary, non-literate Indians would have learned of him through Jatakas, popular morality tales about his imagined previous lives […]

Translations

tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha

• Burmese: ဇာတ်တော် (jattau), ဇာတက (jata.ka.), ဇာတ် (my) (jat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本生 (zh) (běnshēng)

• Hindi: जातक (hi) (jātak)
• Japanese: ジャータカ (jātaka)
• Khmer: ជាតក (km) (ciədɑk)
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• Korean: 자타카 (jataka)
• Lao: ຊາດົກ (sā dok)
• Mongolian: цадиг (mn) (cadig)
• Russian: джа́таки f pl (džátaki)
• Sanskrit: जातक (sa) (jātaka)
• Thai: ชาดก (th) (chaa-dòk)