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Tipi†aka : Sutta-Pi†aka : Khuddaka-Nikåya : Jåtaka : Mahånipåta
No. 547: VESSANTARA-JĀTAKA
in Pali and English
Pali text: V. Fausbøll, The Jataka together with its Commentary, vol. VI (London, 1896),
pp. 479-596; PDF scan courtesy of Google Books (books.google.com).
English translation: adapted from E. B. Cowell and W. H. D. Rouse, The Jataka, vol. VI,
(Cambridge, 1907), pp. 246-305; transcription of the original courtesy of Internet Sacred
Text Archive (www.sacred-texts.com).
Cover image: Illustration of the Vessantara-Jåtaka from a Thai temple, 19th century,
artist unknown; image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org).
Accounts of the Vessantara-Jåtaka in English (some with illustrations) can be found at:
http://www.buddha-images.com/vessantara-jataka.asp
http://www.buddha-images.com/bunphrawet.pdf
http://dspace.anu.edu.au/html/1885/41898/wetsandon.html
Additional Vessantara images from various sources can be found at Wikimedia
Commons.
This is a "work in progress" and may be modified from time to time without notification.
Latest revision: 11 October 2010.
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public domain, the compilation itself and any subsequent additions or changes are
copyright © 2010 by James Roger Black. This work may be copied or adapted for free
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