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jatakas

jatakas is the plural of jataka.

Meaning of jataka

Noun

jataka (plural jatakas or jataka)

  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 […]2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 4

Questions about jatakas

What is jatakas the plural of?
Jatakas is the plural of jataka.

Words near jatakas in the dictionary

  1. jasy
  2. jasz
  3. jaszczakite
  4. jat
  5. jataka
  6. jatakas
  7. jatamansi
  8. Jatayu
  9. Jate
  10. JATEC
  11. jateorhizine

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