| Term |
past life accounts
Referenced by: accounts, past life (cross-reference only) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | skyes-pa'i rabs |
| Sanskrit | jataka |
| Pali | |
| Definition | Accounts of the difficult ascetic practices that Buddha performed in his previous lives while engaging in the conduct of the bodhisattvas. One of the twelve scriptural categories. |
| German | Berichte von früheren Leben |
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| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | life stories; discourses on [Buddha's previous] births |