Buddhist birth stories : the oldest collection of folk-lore extant
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Buddhist birth stories : the oldest collection of folk-lore extant
（Trübner's Oriental series, 24 ; Buddhism ; 9）
Routledge, 2000
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Buddhist birth stories, or, Jātaka tales ; the oldest collection of folk-lore extant, being the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā
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Reprint. Originally published: Buddhist birth stories, or, Jātaka tales ; the oldest collection of folk-lore extant, being the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā / for the first time edited in the original Pāli by V. Fausböll ; and translated by T.W. Rhys Davids. v. 1 : translation. London : Trübner, 1880
Includes index
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: [set] ISBN 9780415242868
Description
Brings together a broad spectrum of research and translations from Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan and Pali Buddhist sources. Includes collected folklore and early studies on the life of the Buddha; Dutt's prize-winning investigation of Buddhist monks in ancient India; Beal's insightful travel-log offering a valuable sourcebook of ancient Indian history; Edkin's important early work detailing the history of Buddhism and its spread through China; and Bigandet's modestly titled text providing a complete exposition of the great system of Eastern Asia.
Table of Contents
The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang Samuel Beal Hb: 0-415-24468-4: 268pp: Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World Volume I Samuel Beal Hb: 0-415-24469-2: 347pp: Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World Volume II Samuel Beal Hb: 0-415-24470-6: 373pp: Texts from the Buddhist Canon Samuel Beal Hb: 0-415-24471-4: 180pp: The Life or Legend of Gaudama the Buddha of the Burmese, with annotations: Volume I P. Bigandet Hb: 0-415-24472-2: 290pp: The Life or Legend of Gaudama the Buddha of the Burmese, with annotations: Volume II P. Bigandet Hb: 0-415-24473-0: 336pp: The Life of Gotama the Buddha, compiled exclusively from the Pali Canon E. H. Brewster Hb: 0-415-24474-9: 257pp: The Milinda-Questions: An inquiry into its Place in the History of Buddhism with a Theory as to its Author Mrs Rhys Davids Hb: 0-415-24475-7: 181pp: GBP65.00 Buddhist Birth Stories T. W. Rhys Davids Hb: 0-415-24476-5: 464pp: GBP65.00 Life and Works of Alexander Csoma de Koros Theodore Duka Hb: 0-415-24477-3: 250pp: GBP65.00 Early Buddhist Monachism, 600 B.C.-100 B.C. Sukumar Dutt Hb: 0-415-24478-1: 208pp: GBP65.00 Chinese Buddhism: A volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and Critical Joseph Edkins Hb: 0-415-24479-X: 491pp: GBP65.00 A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy William Montgomery McGovern Hb: 0-415-24480-3: 214pp: GBP65.00 Udanavarga: A Collection of Verses from the Buddhist Canon W. Woodville Rockhill Hb: 0-415-24481-1: 242pp: GBP65.00 The Life of the Buddha and the Early History of His Order W. Woodville Rockhill Hb: 0-415-24482-X: 288pp: GBP65.00 Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources F. Anton von Schiefner Hb: 0-415-24483-8: 463pp: GBP65.00
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ISBN 9780415244763
Description
This is Volume IX of sixteen in a series on Buddhism. Originally published in 1880, this study offers the first part of the oldest collection of folk-lore, the Jataka Tales. Translated from Pali.
Table of Contents
Translator's Introduction, Part I The Book of Birth Stories and their Migration to the West Part II The Birth Stories in India, The Ceylon Compiler's Introduction called the Nidana Katha, The Birth Stories.
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