[jah-tuh-kuh] 
| a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha. |
| Ja·ta·ka (jä'tə-kə) n. Any of a genre of Buddhist texts containing stories about a former birth of Gautama Buddha. [Sanskrit Jātakam, from neut. of jātaka-, engendered (by), born (under), from jāta-, past participle of janate, he is born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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