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.