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Dasaratha Jataka (Pali: Dasaratha Jātaka) is a Jataka tale found in Buddhist literature about a previous life of the Gautama Buddha. It is found as 461th Jataka story in Khuddaka Nikaya of Sutta Pitaka in the Pali Canon .
The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature concerning the stories of previous births of Gautama Buddha. Following is the list of Jataka tales mentioned in Buddhist literature or mythology. The tales are dated between 300 BC and 400 AD.
Jataka stories were depicted on the railings and torans of the stupas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to Peter Skilling, this genre is "one of the oldest classes of Buddhist literature." [ 3 ] Some of these texts are also considered great works of literature in their own right. [ 4 ]
[5] [6] This would have also seen introduction of the Dasaratha Jataka, an ancient Buddhist crystallisation of the story. [7] By the 18th century, the manuscripts are completely adapted to Lao culture and Theravada Buddhist religion. [8]
The book explores the Buddhist and Jain sources of the story of Rama. [6] It also surveys the Khotan Siam , Laos, and Malaysian versions of the story of Rama. Here is a sampling from the 'Dasaratha Jataka ', a Buddhist Tale: Buddha narrates the 'Dasaratha Jataka' tale to a householder who was grieving the death of his son....Long long ago..
The Dasaratha Jataka, a Jataka tale found in Buddhist literature describes Rama, Sita and Lakshmana as siblings. They are not banished but sent away to the Himalayas by King Dasaratha in order to protect them from their jealous stepmother, the only antagonist.
The Jatakas including Dasaratha Jataka came to Southeast Asia by means of Buddhist missionaries, Indian traders and scholars who traded with Khmer kingdoms (such as Funan and Angkor) and Srivijaya, with whom the Indians shared close economic and cultural ties. [3] The Thai adopted from the Khmer people components of Indianized culture such as ...
Download "Dasaratha Jataka" in PDF. (The Dasaratha-Jataka. Being the Buddhist story of King Rama. The original Pali text with a translation and notes by V. Fausbøll -Published 1871 ,Publisher- Kopenhagen Hagerup )--Rs Ekanayake 15:37, 21 June 2016 (UTC)