BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; OR, JĀTAKA TALES.

THE OLDEST COLLECTION OF FOLK-LORE EXTANT:

BEING

THE JĀTAKATTHAVAṆṆANĀ,

For the first time Edited in the Original Pāli

By V. FAUSBÖLL,

AND TRANSLATED

By T. W. RHYS DAVIDS.

TRANSLATION. VOLUME I.

LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL. 1880. [All rights reserved.]

HERTFORD: PRINTED BY STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS.

TO GEHEIM-RATH PROFESSOR DOCTOR STENZLER MY FIRST GUIDE IN ORIENTAL STUDIES IN CONGRATULATION ON HIS ‘DOCTOR JUBILÄUM’ AND IN DEEP RESPECT FOR HIS PROFOUND SCHOLARSHIP THIS WORK IS DEDICATED BY HIS GRATEFUL PUPIL THE AUTHOR.