Jataka
/ˈdʒɑːtəkə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of a large number of Indian tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha.
"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 […]"
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From Sanskrit जातक (jātaka, “born under”).