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J&taka 114 JSti
J 1.391 (so read for jato varake). -kamina the (sooth-
saying) ceremony connected w.
to set the horoscope PvA 198
birth, in °r) karoti
(=nakkhatta-yogar)
ugganhati) ; -divasa the day of birth, birthday J 111.391 ;
rv.38 ; -mangala birth festival, i. e. the feast held on
the birth of a child DhA 11. 86 ; -riipa " sterling," pure
metal, i. e. gold (in its natural state, before worked,
cp. jambonada). In its relation to suvanna (worked
gold) it is stated to be suvannavanno (i. e. the brightcoloured
metal : VvA 9 ; DhA iv.32 : suvaijno jatarupo)
; at DA 1.78 it is expl'* by suvanija only & at
Vin 111.238 it is said to be the colour of the Buddha:
j. Satthu-vanna. At A 1.253 't 's represented as the
material for the suvaijnakara (the " white "-smith as
opp. to " black "-smith). — Comb"' w. hirahha Pv
II. 7* ; very freq. w. rajata (silver), in the prohibition
of accepting gold & silver (D i.5)/w as well as in other
connections, e. g.
iv.326 (the moral
Vin 1.245;
dangers of
11.294 sq. ;
" money
S 1.71, 95;
" : yassa jatarQpa-rajatar)
kappati panca pi tassa kamaguna kappanti)
; v. 353, 407; Dhs 617. — Other passages illustr.
the use & valuation of j. are S 11.234 ("paripura) ; v. 92
(upakkilesa) ; A
M 1.38 ; A
1.2 10 (id.); in. 16 (id.); — S 1.93, 117;
1. 215 ; in. 38 ; iv.199, 281 ; v. 290 ;
J 11.296 ;
IV. 102 ; -veda [cp. Vedic jataveda= Agni] ftre S 1.168;
Sn 462 (kattha jayati j.) Ud 93; J
1.2 14; 11.326 =
IV. 471 ; v.326 ; VI. 204, 578; Vism 171; DA 1.226;
DhA 1.44 (nirindhana, without fuel); -ssara a natural
pond or lake Vin i.iii ; J 1.470; 11.57.
Jataka^ (nt.) [jata-l-ka, belonging to, connected with
what has happened] i. a birth story as found in the
earlier books. This is always the story of a previous
birth of the Buddha as a wise man of old. In this sense
it occurs as the name of one of the 9 categories or
varieties of literary composition (M .' 1.133
/o8 ; Vin 111.8 ; Pug
A. 11. 7, 103,
43. See navanga). 2. the story
of any previous birth of the Buddha, esp. as an animal.
In this sense the word is not found in the 4 Nikayjis,
but it occurs
3rd cent. B.C.),
on the Bharhut
and is frequent in
Tope (say, end of
the Jataka book. —
3. the name of a book in the Pali canon, containing the
verses of 547 such stories. The text of this book has
not yet been edited. See Rh. Davids' Buddhist India,
189-209, and Buddh. Birth Stories, introd , for history
of the Jataka literature. — jatakai) nitthapeti to wind
jatakag samodhaneti to
up a Jataka tale J vi.363 ;
apply a Jataka to the incident J 1.106; DhA 1.S2.
Note. The form jata in the sense of jataka occurs at
DhA 1.34.
-atthavannana the commentary on the Jataka
book, ed. by V. FausboU, 6 vols, with Index vol. by
D. Andersen, London, 1877 sq. ; -bhanaka a repeater of
the J. book Miln 341.
Jataka^ (m.) [jata-f-ka, belonging to what has been
born] a son J 1.239; iv.138.
Jatatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. jata] the fact of being born or of
having grown or arisen Vism 250 ;
DhA 1.241.
Jati (f.) [see janati & cp. Gr. yevea, yivtaii: : Lat. gens;
Goth, kind-ins]. — Instr. jatiya (Sn 423) & jacca
(D n.8 ; J 111.395 : Dh ; 393) abl. jatiya (S 1.88) & jatito
(by descent: D 11.8); loc. jatiyag (PvA 10) & jatiya
(PvA 78). — I. birth, rebirth, possibility of rebirth,
" future life " as disposition to be born again, " former
life " as cause of this life. Defined (cp. the corresp.
expl" of jara) as : ya tesag tesai) sattanar) tamhi
tamhi satta-nikaye jati saiijati okkanti abhinibbatti
khandhanag patubhavo ayatananar) patilabho D 11.305
= S ii.3 = Nd' 257. — Jati is a condition precedent of
age, sickness & death, and is fraught with sorrow, pain
& disappointment. It is itself the final outcome of a
kamma, resting on avijja, performed in anterior births ;
& forms thus the concluding link in the chain of the
Paficca-samuppada. Under the first aspect it is
enum'^ in various formulae, either in full or abbreviated
(see Nd^ 258), viz. (a) as (i) jati, (2) jara, (3) vyadhi,
(4) marana. (5) sokaparidevadukkhadomanass' upayasa
in the dukkhai) ariyasaccag (the noble truth of
what is misfortune) Vin i.io ; A i.i 76 ; in. 416 ;
"dhamma
destined to be born, etc. M 1.161 sq., 173; — A v. 216;
Nd^ 258. 304, 630, etc., in var. connections (referring
to some dukkha). — (b) as Nos. 1-4: Nd^ 254, 494b;
(the standard quota-
J 1. 168, etc. — (c) as Nos. i, 2, 4
tion, implying the whole series 1-5) : S v. 224 ; A v. 144 ;
jatipaccaya jaramaranai) Vin i.i ; D 11. 31, 57, etc.;
°ika A ii.i I, 173 ; "lya M 1.280 ; Nd^ 40. — (d) to this
i.s sometimes added (as summing upj sagsara : Nd'
282' ;
ca cavati ca uppajjati ca D 11. 30. — (e) as Nos. i + 4 :
pahlna-jatimarana (adj.) (=free from life & death,
cp. kicchat) loko apanno jayati ca jiyati ca miyati
i. e. sar)sara) A 1.162 ; °bhayassa paraga A 11.15;
"kovida Sn 484 ; atari °i) asesar) Sn 355 (cp. 5C0) ;
°assa paraga Sn 32. — (f) = e-)- sarjsara (cp. d) : satta
gacchauti sar)sarai) jatimaranagamino A 11.12 = 52 ;
jatimaranasagsarai) ye vajanti punappunag .
. .
avijjay' eva sa gati Sn 729. — (g) as Nos. 1 -f- 2, which
implies the whole series: atari so jatijarai) A 1.133 =
Sn 1048; jatijar' upaga Sn 725= It 106; sagyojanag
jatijaraya chetva It 42 — ; Sn 1052, 1060 ; Dh 23S, 348 ;
cp. jati adina nihina PvA 198. — Other phrases i£
applications : Various rebirths are seen by one who has
perfect insight into all happening & remembers his
former existences (D 1.81 ; 111.50 ; A 1.164; M 11.20).
Arahantship implies the impossibility of a future
rebirth : see formula khiija jati (M 1.139 ; Sn p. 16, etc.)
and arahant 11. A : jatiya parimuccati S 1.88 jatig
;
bhabbo pahatug A v. 144 sq. — antima jati the last
purima j. a former exist-
rebirth D 11. 15 (cp. carima) ;
ence PvA i; atitajatiyag in a former life ( = pure)
PvA 10. On jati as dukkha see Vism 498-501.
2. descent, race, rank, genealogy (cp.