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Translation of the Kuśa Jātaka

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Reference code

GB 891 DJG-DJG/2-DJG/2/1

Publication status

Published

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Subseries

Extent and medium

2 files

Date(s)

  • 1830 - 1860 (Creation)

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Repository

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Scope and content

The sub-series consists of the draft and the final version of Gogerly's translation of the Kuśa jātaka. This jātaka is included in the ancient, canonical collection of Buddha's birth stories preserved in the Pāli language and datable to the early centuries CE. It tells the story of a bodhisattva, or a future Buddha, appearing as a king Kuśa.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Sinhala
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