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Jataka

Collections of Buddhist legends compiled at various dates in several countries; the oldest and most complete has 547 stories. They were collected before AD 400.

They give an account of previous incarnations of the Buddha, and the verse sections of the text form part of the Buddhist canon. The Jataka stories were one of the sources of inspiration for the fables of Aesop.



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Provenzo writes that the earliest versions of many Aesop's fables "can be found in the Indian Jataka tales, which describe the life of Sakyamuni, the Buddha, before he has reached spiritual enlightenment.
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