Select Bibliography
The Text
Fausböll, V. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary Vol. I. Trubner & Co., 1877.
---. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary Vol. II. Trubner & Co., 1879.
---. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary Vol. III. Trubner & Co., 1883.
---. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary Vol. IV. Trubner & Co., 1887.
---. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary Vol. V. Trubner & Co., 1891.
---. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary Vol. VI. Trubner & Co., 1896.
Anderson, Dines. The Jātaka, Together with Its Commentary, Index Volume. University Press, 1913.
The Translation
Rhys Davids, T. W. Buddhist Birth Stories or Jātaka Tales. Trubner & Co., 1880.
Chalmers, Robert. The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births Vol I. University Press, 1895.
Rouse, W. H. D. The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births Vol II. University Press, 1895.
Francis, H. T., and R. A. Neil. The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births Vol III. University Press, 1897.
Rouse, W. H. D. The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births Vol IV. University Press, 1901.
Francis, H. T. The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births Vol V. University Press, 1905.
Cowell, E. B., and W. H. D. Rouse. The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births Vol VI. University Press, 1907.
Other Works
Appleton, Naomi. Jātaka Stories in Theravāda Buddhism. Ashgate e-Book, 2010.
Appleton, Naomi, and Sarah Shaw. The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha. Silkworm Books, 2015.
Āryaśūra, and J. S. Speyer. The Jātakamālā. Henry Frowde, 1895.
Bodhi, Bhikkhu. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha. Wisdom Publications, 2000.
---. The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha. Wisdom Publications, 2012.
Bollée, W. B. Kuṇālajātaka. 2nd ed., The Pali Text Society, 2009.
Burlingame, Eugene Watson. Buddhist Legends. Harvard University Press, 1921.
Cone, M., and R. F. Gombrich. The Perfect Generosity of Prince Vessantara. The Pali Text Society, 2011.
Cunningham, Alexander. The Stūpa of Barhut. W.H. Allen, 1879.
Goswami, Bijoya. Lalitavistara. The Asiatic Society, 2014.
Grey, Leslie. A Concordance of Buddhist Birth Stories. The Pali Text Society, 2000.
Horner, I. B. Minor Anthologies, Buddhavaṃsa (Chronicle of Buddhas) and Cariyāpiṭaka (Basket of Conduct). The Pali Text Society, 1975.
---. The Clarifier of the Sweet Meaning. The Pali Text Society, 1978.
Horner, I. B., and Bhikkhu Brahmāli. The Book of the Discipline. https//:suttacentral.net, 1938.
Horner, I. B., and Padmanabh S. Jaini. Apocryphal Birth Stories (Paññāsa-Jātaka). The Pali Text Society, 1985.
Jayawickrama, N. A. The Story of Gotama Buddha (Jātaka-Nidāna). The Pali Text Society, 1990.
Jones, J. J. The Mahāvastu, 1-3. Luzac & Company, 1949.
Marciniak, Katarzyna. The Mahāvastu, Vol II. Soka University, 2020.
---. The Mahāvastu, Vol III. Soka University, 2019.
Mehta, Ratilal. Pre-Buddhist India. Examiner Press, 1939.
Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu, and Bhikkhu Bodhi. The Middle Length Discourse of the Buddha. 4th ed., Wisdom Publications, 2009.
Rhys Davids, T.W. Buddhist India. T. Fisher Unwin, 1911.
Rotman, Andy. Divine Stories: Divyāvadāna 1, 2008.
---. Divine Stories: Divyāvadāna 2, 2017.
Shastri, Hari Prasad. The Ramayana of Valmiki. Shanti Sadan, 1952.
Walshe, Maurice. Thus Have I Heard. Wisdom Publications, 1987.
Walters, Jonathon S. Legends of the Buddhist Saints. http://apadanatranslation.org, 2017.
Yamazaki, M., and Y. Ousaka. Index to the Jātaka. The Pali Text Society, 2003.
Abbreviations:
Ja = Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā (as reconstructed on ABT)
DN = Dīghanikāya (Sutta Number)
MN = Majjhimanikāya (Sutta Number)
SN = Saṁyuttanikāya (Saṁyutta and Sutta Number)
Ud = Udāna (Section and Number)
Vv = Vimānavatthu
Cp = Cariyāpiṭaka (Number)
Vin Pār = Vinaya Pārājika (Section)
Vin Sd = Vinaya Saṅghādisesa
Vin Nis Pāc = Vinaya Nissaggapācittiya (Section)
Vin Pāc = Vinaya Pācittiya (Section)
Vin Sekh = Vinaya Sekhiya (Section)
Vin Bhikkhunī Pāc = Vinaya Bhikkhunī Pācittiya (Section)
Vin Mv = Vinaya Mahāvagga (Section)
Vin Cv = Vinaya Cullavagga (Section)
Dhp-a = Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā (Chapter and Section)
Snp-a = Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā (Sutta Number)
DN-a = Dīghanikāya-aṭṭhakathā (Sutta Number)
Mvu = Mahāvastu (Marciniak Edition)
Jm = Jātakamālā (Chapter)
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