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It is regularly studied as a textbook and a reliable reference-book, and is one of the few books that gives time on the nativity, the other two being Horā Ratnaṃ and Jātaka Bharaṇaṃ. [ 3 ] Jataka Parijata ( Devanāgarī : जातक पारिजात , IAST : jātaka pārijāta ) is written in Sanskrit in the usual Śloka -format.
A Brihajjataka manuscript copied in Nepal in 1399 CE in the Nepalaksara script; now at the Cambridge University Library.. Brihat Jataka is considered a standard textbook on Vedic astrology, [2] and sometimes described as "India's foremost astrological text".
The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature concerning the stories of previous births of Gautama Buddha.Following is the list of Jataka tales mentioned in Buddhist literature or mythology.
The Jataka describes the previous birth of Buddha as Rama-Pandita, a Bodhisattva.The Jataka focus on moral of non-attachment and obedience. Rama, the crown prince, was sent to exile of twelve years by his father, King Dasaratha, as his father was afraid that the Bodhisatta would be killed by his step-mother for the kingdom (of Varanasi).
The Yavanajātaka (Sanskrit: yavana 'Greek' + jātaka 'nativity' = 'nativity according to the Greeks'), written by Sphujidhvaja, is an ancient text in Indian astrology. ...
Jataka Tattva is a standard treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology and follows the Parashari System. It is written in Sanskrit.Its author has adopted the Sutra method for imparting knowledge of astrology instead of the traditional Sloka format.
Slab with the Shibi Jataka, Gandhara, 2nd–3rd century AD, British Museum. Arvind Sharma describes the story of King Shibi in the following terms, "As he sat in the court one day, a sparrow sought refuge in his lap, while being chased by a falcon.
The Sārvāstivāda Vinaya Piṭaka is also extant in Chinese translation, as are the seven books of the Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma Piṭaka, including the Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa Śāstra (Taishō Tripiṭaka 1545), which was the main canonical Abhiodharma text of the Vaibhāṣika Sarvāstivādins of northwest India.