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[TABLE OF CONTENTS.]
| [Translator’s Introduction]. | PAGE | |
| Part I. | ||
| The Book of Birth Stories, and their Migration to the West. | ||
| Orthodox Buddhist belief concerning it. Two reasons for the value attached to it | [i-iv] | |
| Selected Stories.—1. The Ass in the Lion’s Skin | [v] | |
| 2. The Talkative Tortoise | [viii] | |
| 3. The Jackal and the Crow | [xii] | |
| 4. The Wise Judge | [xiv] | |
| 5. Sakka’s Presents | [xvi] | |
| 6. A Lesson for Kings | [xxii] | |
| The Kalilag and Damnag Literature | [xxix] | |
| Origin of ‘Æsop’s’ Fables | [xxxii] | |
| The Barlaam and Josaphat Literature | [xxxvi] | |
| Other Migrations of the Buddhist Tales | [xli] | |
| Greek and Buddhist Fables | [xliii] | |
| Solomon’s Judgment | [xliv] | |
| Summary of Part I. | [xlviii] | |
| [Part II]. | ||
| The Birth Stories in India. | ||
| Jātakas derived from the Pāli Piṭakas | [lii] | |
| Jātakas in the Cariyā Piṭaka and Jātaka Mālā | [liii] | |
| Jātakas in the Buddhavaŋsa | [lv] | |
| Jātakas at the Council of Vesāli | [lvii] | |
| Jātakas on the Ancient Sculptures | [lix] | |
| The Pāli Names of the Jātakas | [lx] | |
| The Jātakas one of the Navaŋgāni | [lxii] | |
| Authorship of our present Collection | [lxiii] | |
| Jātakas not included in our present Collection | [lxvii] | |
| Jātakas in post-Buddhistic Sanskrit Literature | [lxviii] | |
| Form of the Jātakas.—The Introductory Stories | [lxxiv] | |
| The Conclusions | [lxxv] | |
| The Abhisambuddha-gāthā, or Verses in the Conclusion | [lxxvi] | |
| Divisions of the Jātaka Book | [lxxix] | |
| Actual Number of the Stories | [lxxxi] | |
| Summary of the Origin of the Present Collection | [lxxxii] | |
| Special Lessons inculcated by the Birth Stories | [lxxxv] | |
| Special Historical Value of the Birth Stories | [lxxxvi] | |
| Supplementary Tables. | ||
| I. Indian Works | [lxxxix] | |
| II. The Kalilag and Damnag Literature | [xciii] | |
| III. The Barlaam and Josaphat Literature | [xcv] | |
| IV. The Cariyā Piṭaka and the Jātaka Mālā | [xcviii] | |
| V. Alphabetical List of Jātaka Stories in the Mahāvastu | [xcix] | |
| VI. Places at which the Tales were Told | [c] | |
| VII. The Bodisats | [ci] | |
| VIII. Jātakas Illustrated in Bas-relief on the Ancient | ||
| Monuments | [cii] | |
| [The Ceylon Compiler’s Introduction], called the Nidāna Kathā. | ||
| Story of Sumedha, the First Bodisat | [2] | |
| The Successive Bodisats in the Times of the Previous | ||
| Buddhas | [31] | |
| Life of the Last Bodisat (who became Buddha) | [58] | |
| His Descent from Heaven | [59] | |
| His Birth | [67] | |
| Song of the Angels | [69] | |
| Prophecy of Kāḷa Devala | [70] | |
| Prophecy of the Brāhman Priests | [72] | |
| The Ploughing Festival | [75] | |
| The Young Bodisat’s Skill and Wisdom | [76] | |
| The Four Visions | [77] | |
| The Bodisat’s Son is Born | [79] | |
| Kisā Gotamī’s Song | [80] | |
| The Great Renunciation | [82] | |
| The Great Struggle against Sin | [89] | |
| The Great Victory over Satan | [96] | |
| The Bliss of Nirvāna | [105] | |
| The Hesitation whether to Publish the Good News | [111] | |
| The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness | [113] | |
| Uruvela Kassapa’s Conversion | [114] | |
| Triumphal Entrance into Rājagaha | [116] | |
| Foundation of the Order | [119] | |
| Return Home | [121] | |
| Presentation of the First Monastery to the Buddha | [131] | |
| The Birth Stories. | ||
| 1. Holding to the Truth ... Apaṇṇaka Jātaka | [134] | |
| 2. The Sandy Road ... Vaṇṇupatha Jātaka | [147] | |
| 3. The Merchant of Sēri ... Seri-vānija Jātaka | [153] | |
| 4. The Story of Chullaka the Treasurer ... Cullaka-seṭṭhi Jātaka | [158] | |
| 5. The Measure of Rice ... Taṇḍula-nāḷi Jātaka | [172] | |
| 6. On True Divinity ... Deva-dhamma Jātaka | [178] | |
| 9. The Story of Makhā Deva ... Makhā-deva Jātaka | [186] | |
| 10. The Happy Life ... Sukhavihāri Jātaka | [190] | |
| 11. The Story of Beauty ... Lakkhaṇa Jātaka | [194] | |
| 12. The Banyan Deer ... Nigrodha-miga Jātaka | [199] | |
| 13. The Dart of Love ... Kaṇḍina Jātaka | [211] | |
| 14. The Greedy Antelope ... Vātamiga Jātaka | [214] | |
| 15. The Deer who would not Learn ... Kharādiyā Jātaka | [219] | |
| 16. The Cunning Deer ... Tipallatha-miga Jātaka | [221] | |
| 17. The Wind ... Māluta Jātaka | [224] | |
| 18. On Offering Food to the Dead ... Mataka-bhatta Jātaka | [226] | |
| 19. On Offerings given under a Vow ... Āyācita-bhatta Jātaka | [230] | |
| 20. The Monkeys and the Demon ... Naḷapāna Jātaka | [232] | |
| 21. The Wily Antelope ... Kurunga-miga Jātaka | [237] | |
| 22. The Dog who turned Preacher ... Kukkura Jātaka | [240] | |
| 23. The Bhoja Thoroughbred ... Bhojājānīya Jātaka | [245] | |
| 24. The Thoroughbred War Horse ... Ājañña Jātaka | [249] | |
| 25. The Horse at the Ford ... Tittha Jātaka | [251] | |
| 26. Evil communications corrupt good manners ... Mahilā-mukha Jātaka | [257] | |
| 27. The Elephant and the Dog ... Abhiṇha Jātaka | [263] | |
| 28. The Bull who Won the Bet ... Nandi-Visāla Jātaka | [266] | |
| 29. The Old Woman’s Black Bull ... Kaṇha Jātaka | [270] | |
| 30. The Ox who Envied the Pig ... Muṇika Jātaka | [275] | |
| 31. On Mercy to Animals ... Kulāvaka Jātaka | [278] | |
| 32. The Dancing Peacock ... Nacca Jātaka | [291] | |
| 33. The sad Quarrel of the Quails ... Sammodamāna Jātaka | [295] | |
| 34. The Fish and his Wife ... Maccha Jātaka | [299] | |
| 35. The Holy Quail ... Vaṭṭaka Jātaka | [302] | |
| 36. The Wise Bird and the Fools ... Sakuṇa Jātaka | [307] | |
| 37. The Partridge, Monkey, and Elephant ... Tittira Jātaka | [310] | |
| 38. The Cruel Crane Outwitted ... Baka Jātaka | [315] | |
| 39. Nanda on the Buried Gold ... Nanda Jātaka | [322] | |
| 40. The Fiery Furnace ... Khadirangāra Jātaka | [326] | |
| Index | [339] | |