Index Jataka Stories
no. 001 - 050
translated for Pali into English by
Robert Chalmers
edited by
E. B. Cowell
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Jataka 1 - 10   

Paṭhamo bhāgo

  • I. Ekakanipāto

  • 1. Apaṇṇa kavaggo


Jataka 11 - 20   

  • 2. Sīlavaggo


Jataka 21 - 30   

  • 3. Kuruṅgavaggo


Jataka 31 - 40   

  • 4. Kulāvakavaggo


  • J 031: Kulāvaka-Jātaka (Kulāvakajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 207|J 031|J 031} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 031|atta. J 031} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: Through the practice of goodness tending to the diminution of crime in his village, a man is falsely accused by the headman and sentenced to be trampled to death by elephants. The elephants refuse to harm him. Being released, he builds a caravansery, in which good work (against his wish) three out of four of his wives take part: At death he is reborn as Sakka. His three good wives are reborn in heaven. He seeks out the fourth and exhorts her to goodness. As a crane she refuses to eat a fish which shewed signs of life; reborn a woman, she is eventually born a Titan and espoused by Sakka.
  • J 032: Nacca-Jātaka (Naccajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 209|J 032|J 032} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 032|atta. J 032} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: The animals choose kings. The daughter of the king of the birds (the Golden Mallard) chooses the peacock for her husband. In dancing for joy the peacock exposes himself and is rejected.
  • J 033: Sammodamāna-Jātaka (Sammodamānajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 209|J 033|J 033} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 033|atta. J 033} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: Quails caught in a net, rise up in a body with the net and escape several times. After a time they quarrel and are caught.
  • J 034: Maccha-Jātaka (Macchājātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 214|J 034|J 034} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 034|atta. J 034} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: An uxorious fish being caught, fears his wife may misconstrue his absence. A brahmin sets him free.
  • J 035: Vaṭṭaka-Jātaka (Vaṭṭakajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 214|J 035|J 035} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 035|atta. J 035} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: A baby-quail is about to be engulfed in a jungle-fire, when by an 'Act of Truth' he quenches the flames round him.
  • J 036: Sakuṇa-Jātaka (Sakuṇajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 216|J 036|J 036} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 036|atta. J 036} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: A tree in which birds dwell is grinding its boughs together and beginning to smoke. The wise birds fly away; the foolish ones are burnt.
  • J 037: Tittira-Jātaka (Tittirajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 223|J 037|J 037} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 037|atta. J 037} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: A partridge, a monkey and an elephant living together, decide to obey the senior. To prove seniority each gives his earliest recollection.
  • J 038: Baka-Jātaka (Bakajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 226|J 038|J 038} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 038|atta. J 038} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: A crane by pretending that he was taking them to a big lake, devours all the fish of a pond. A wise crab nips the bird's head off.
  • J 039: Nanda-Jātaka (Nandajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 233|J 039|J 039} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 039|atta. J 039} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: How a slave was made to tell where his master's father had buried his hoard.
  • J 040: Khadiraṅgāra-Jātaka (Khadiraṅgārajātakaṃ) {Sutta: J i 233|J 040|J 040} {Vaṇṇanā: atta. J 040|atta. J 040} [Chalmers].
    Occasion: not avaliable in English. Story: In order to stop a Treasurer from giving alms to a Pacceka Buddha, Māra interposes a yawning gulf of fire. Undaunted, the Treasurer steps forward, to be borne up by a lotus from which he tenders his alms to Māra's discomfiture.

Jataka 41 - 50   

  • 5. Atthakāmavaggo


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