The Jataka or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 Volumes in 3 Parts) UBS Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd. Radhakrishnan

Radhakrishnan

but are only objects of factual statement (vihitanuvadaka)

Our aim is to make this clear with the hope that this may motivate a future scholar to make more progress

may be gathered from the legendary history of the origin of the Abhidharma which the Buddha is said to have first revealed while residing in the heaven of the Tavatirhsa gods

the nature of current philosophical discourse has inspired some scholars with the idea that the project can be better executed and the results more meaningful in today's environment

The Jataka or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 Volumes in 3 Parts) UBS Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd. RadhakrishnanIn India recollection of previous lives is a common feature in the histories of the saints and heroes of sacred tradition. The doctrine of transmigration, since the later Vedic period, has played such an important part in the history of the national character and religious ideas that even buddhist literature has included the ages of the past as an authentic background to the founder's historical life as Gautama. Jataka stories or birth legends were