ငါးရာ့ငါးဆယ်နိပါတ်တော်များ

The Jataka Tales, Stories of the lives of the Buddha

ငါးရာ့ငါးဆယ်နိပါတ်တော်များ ဟူသော အမည်မှာ ရှေးပညာရှင်များက ခေါ်ဝေါ်

သုံးစွဲရလွယ်ကူစေရန် သတ်မှတ်ထားခဲ့သော အမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ အမှန်တကယ်

ရှိသည့် ဇာတ်တော်အရေအတွက်မှာ ၅၄၇ ဇာတ်သာ ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

The Jataka (meaning "Birth Story", "related to a birth") are a voluminous body of literature native to India which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.

The Jataka stories are a voluminous body of literature concerning the stories of previous births of Gautama Buddha.

In these stories, the future Buddha may appear as a king, an outcast, a deva, an animal—but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates. Often, Jataka stories include an extensive cast of characters who interact and get into various kinds of trouble - whereupon the Buddha character intervenes to resolve all the problems and bring about a happy ending. The Jataka genre is based on the idea that the Buddha was able to recollect all his past lives and thus could use these memories to tell a story and illustrate his teachings.