Jataka, Jātaka: 25 definitions
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Jataka has 24 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Jatak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJātaka (जातक):—(von jāta)
1) adj. erzeugt, geboren: jāra [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 143.] —
2) m. a) ein neugeborenes Kind [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 111.] — b) Bettler [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. a) = jātakarman Cerimonie nach der Geburt des Kindes: jātakādyāḥ kriyāḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 949.] kumārasya vācayitvāśiṣo vipraiḥ kārayāmāsa jātakam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 14, 33.] — b) Nativität, Nativitätslehre: (tasya) rājā vipraiḥ jātakaṃ kārayāmāsa vācayitvā ca maṅgalam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 12, 13.] kovida [?29. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 27, 3. Im Śabdakalpadruma] werden folgende über Nativität handelnde Schriften namhaft gemacht: jātakadīpikā, jātakāmṛta, taraṃgiṇī, kaumudī, ratnākara, sāra, jātakārṇava (vgl. [Colebrooke II, 385. 410. 482. fg.]), candrikā, laghu, bṛhajjātaka . Vgl. [Mémoire géographique 336.] paddhati [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 865. 869. fgg.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 253.] padmakośa [252. 276.] jātakābharaṇa [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 866. fg.] kalānidhi, saṃgraha [MACK. Coll. 1, 122.] — c) bei den Buddhisten eine frühere Geburt Śākyamuni’s und die dieselben behandelnden Erzählungen [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 39.] [Burnouf 61.] mālā ebend. [WASSILJEW 109.] sena [Hiouen-Thsang I, 137. 197.] [VYĀḌI] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 233] zählt [34] solche frühere Geburten auf; vgl. catustriṃśajjātakajña und [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 127. fg. 356. fgg. 4, 387. fgg.] — d) ein Aggregat gleichartiger Dinge; vgl. caturjātaka .
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Jātaka (जातक):—
1) ekodarasamudbhūtā ekanakṣatrajātakāḥ . na bhavanti samāḥ śīle [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya 5, 4.] —
3) b) so haṃ jātakanirdiṣṭacauryastacchāstravedibhiḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 192.] muktāvalī f. Titel eines Werkes [Oxforder Handschriften 338,a,5.] jātakāmbhonidhi m. desgl. [340,b,4.] — c) tathā cedaṃ bhagavato bodhisattvasya jātakam . vārāhaṃ na śrutaṃ rājanyadi tacchrūyatāṃ tava .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 72, 120.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJātaka (जातक):——
1) Adj. am Ende eines Comp. erzeugt von , geboren unter (einem Stern). —
2) m. — a) ein neugeborenes Kind. — b) *Bettler. —
3) n. — a) = jātakarman — b) Nativität , Nativitätslehre. yogena in Folge seiner Nativität [Rājataraṃgiṇī 7,1780.] — c) bei den Buddhisten eine frühere Geburt Śākyamuni’s und eine Darüber handelnde Erzählung. — d) am Ende eines Comp. nach einem Zahlwort ein Aggregat von — gleichartigen Dingen.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with (+97): Jataka Parijata, Jataka-kkudi, Jatakabamdi, Jatakabhanaka, Jatakabhanakavatthu, Jatakabharana, Jatakabhava, Jatakabhidhana, Jatakabhushana, Jatakabodhini, Jatakacakra, Jatakacandrika, Jatakacandrikatika, Jatakachakra, Jatakacintamani, Jatakadarpana, Jatakadesha, Jatakadharin, Jatakadharmapaddhati, Jatakadhvani.
Ends with (+574): Abbhantara Jataka, Abhinha Jataka, Adiccupatthana Jataka, Aditta Jataka, Aggika Jataka, Agrajataka, Ahigundika Jataka, Ajanna Jataka, Ajataka, Akalaravi Jataka, Akatannu Jataka, Akitti Jataka, Alambusa Jataka, Alinacitta Jataka, Amba Jataka, Ambacora Jataka, Anabhirati Jataka, Anangana Jataka, Ananusociya Jataka, Andabhuta Jataka.
Full-text (+1509): Jatakadhvani, Agrajataka, Upaligangapalanam-jatakam, Yava, Jatakabhanaka, Trishakuniya, Vyaghrijataka, Trijataka, Mahajataka, Campaka, Marajataka, Bimbasundari, Nalini, Catustrimshajjatakajna, Samodhaneti, Nashtajataka, Jatakam, Yamaja, Pamsukuladhovana Jataka, Uttarapancala.
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Search found 121 books and stories containing Jataka, Jātaka, Jaṭakā; (plurals include: Jatakas, Jātakas, Jaṭakās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 52: Cūḷa-Janaka-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 110: Sabbasaṃhāraka-Pañha < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 189: Sīhacamma-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.12.2 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Kākāti Jataka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Mahilāmukha Jātaka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Sasa Jātaka < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 8 - Rājagṛha supreme seat (c): Jaina sources < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of Rājagṛha as the seat of Monarchy]
Part 3 - Status as the capital of the Kāśī mahājanapada < [Chapter VIII - Vārāṇasī–Sārnāth: Inter-Settlement Relations]
Part 4 - Urban features of ancient Vārāṇasī < [Chapter VIII - Vārāṇasī–Sārnāth: Inter-Settlement Relations]
The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)
Part V - Sariputta In The Jatakas
Ukkacela Sutta < [Part III - The Further Shore]
The Helper < [Part II - Maturity Of Insight]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
Subjects studied in the Buddhist Period < [Chapter 5 - Subjects studied in the Vedic and Buddhist period]
The Takṣaśilā centre of learning < [Chapter 3 - Centres of Learning in Vedic and Buddhist Period]
Tours or Travelling (as a method of teaching) < [Chapter 6 - Methods of Teaching and the Teacher–Student relationship]
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