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From the Fifty Jātaka: Selections from the Thai Paññāsa Jātaka

From the Fifty Jātaka: Selections from the Thai Paññāsa Jātaka

Baker, Chris
Phongpaichit, Pasuk

Paperback

Mythology & FolkloreSoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 6162151271
ISBN13: 9786162151279
Publisher: Silkworm Books
Published: Dec 31 2019
Pages: 396
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

For over two thousand years, jātaka--tales of the Buddha's previous lives--have been popular as teaching and entertainment. Apart from the classical Indian jātaka, many others in Southeast Asia were assembled in collections known as the Fifty Jātaka (Paññāsa Jātaka). They are now acclaimed as the lifeblood of the region's literature. This book offers the first published English translations of twenty-one stories from the Thailand collection, including some of the best-known Thai stories: Sudhana-Manoharā, the Golden Conch, and Rathasena, among other quests, moral tales, strings of riddles, and story cycles. Here the tales are translated fully and faithfully with notes and accompanying information on the Thailand collection.

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