Jātakamāla, The Garland of Birth Stories

Illustrated Stories from the Jātakamāla, The Garland of Birth Stories, which relates many exemplary lives of the Bodhisattva.
Source of the Stories

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Here you can find a particular story you are looking for, either by name, perfection or by story number. This is a long document, the checkboxes alongside the links can help you keep track of your reading progress, they are local, private, and persistent. When you have read a story tick it off, and it will be ticked when you next visit this page.



1. The Story of the Tigress (Dāna)
2. The Story of the King of the Śibis (Dāna)
3. The Story of the Small Portion of Gruel (Dāna)
4. The Story of the Head of A Guild (Dāna)
5. The Story of Aviṣahya, the Head of a Guild (Dāna)
6. The Story of the Hare (Dāna)
7. The Story of Agastya (Dāna)
8. The Story of Maitrībala (Dāna)
9. The Story of Viśvantara (Dāna)
10. The Story of the Sacrifice (Śīla)
11. The Story of Sakra (Karuṇā)
12. The Story of the Brāhman (Hrī)
13. The Story of Unmādayantī (Dhairya)
14. The Story of Supāraga (Satya)
15. The Story of the Fish (Satya)
16. The Story of the Quail’s Young (Satya)
17. The Story of the Jar (Vāra)
18. The Story of the Childless One (Praviveka)
19. The Story of the Lotus-Stalks (Praviveka)
20. The Story of the Treasurer (Hrī)
21. The Story of Cuḍḍabodhi (Kṣānti)
22. The Story of the Holy Swans (Maitrī)
23. The Story of Mahābodhi (Kṣānti)
24. The Story of the Great Ape (Anukampā)
25. The Story of the Śarabha (Anukampā)
26. The Story of the Ruru-Deer (Dayā)
27. The Story of the Great Monkey (Anuvartinā)
28. The Story of Kṣāntivādin (Kṣānti)
29. The Story of the Inhabitant of the Brahmaloka (Anukampā)
30. The Story of the Elephant (Karuṇā)
31. The Story of Sutasoma (Satsaṁga)
32. The Story of Ayogṛha (Saṁvega)
33. The Story of the Buffalo (Kṣānti)
34. The Story of the Woodpecker (Kṣānti)

Jātakamālā

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