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Jataka Tales

Read authentic Jataka Tales — the past-life stories of the Buddha illustrating the workings of karma, compassion, and wisdom — with original Pali context and complete meaning in 28 languages. Free reading.

Vessantara Jataka

The Perfection of Giving

The Monkey King's Sacrifice

Mahakapi Jataka No. 407

Chaddanta Jataka

The Six-Tusked Elephant

Abbhantara Jātaka

The Golden Mango and the Courageous Parrot

Abhiṇha Jātaka

The Unbreakable Bond of the Dog and the Elephant

Ādiccupaṭṭhāna Jātaka

The Monkey Mimicking Sun-Worship

Āditta Jātaka

The Incomparable Alms to Paccekabuddhas

Aggika Jātaka

The Fire-Crested Jackal's Hidden Theft

Ahigundika Jataka

The Snake Charmer's Monkey

Ājañña Jātaka

The Two Noble Chariot Steeds

Akālarāvi Jātaka

The Cock That Crowed Out of Season

Akatannu Jataka

The Merchant Who Forgot a Kindness

Akitta Jātaka

Akitti and the Boons of Solitude

Alambusā Jātaka

The Nymph, the Sage and His Lost Years

Alinacitta Jataka

The Elephant and the Fearless Prince

Amarādevī Jātaka

The Incorruptible Wisdom of Lady Amarā

Amba Jataka

The Charm of the Sweet Mangoes

Ambacora Jataka

Sakka and the False Ascetic

Anabhirati Jataka

The Unquiet Husband

Anabhirati Jataka

The Turbid Water

Ananusociya Jataka

Freedom From Sorrow

Aṇḍabhūta Jātaka

The Chaplain's Wager on Virtue

Anta Jātaka

The Entrail-Feasting Jackal and the Carrion Crow

Anusāsika Jātaka

The Greedy Bird That Preached Caution

Apaṇṇaka Jātaka

The Caravan and the Goblin Desert

Araka Jātaka

The Teacher of Boundless Loving-Kindness

Ārâmadūsaka Jātaka

The Monkeys Who Ruined the Garden

Aranna Jataka

The Hermit's Son and the Fickle Friend

The Peerless Archer Who Declined a Throne

The Asadisa Jataka

The Treasurer Who Refused No Friend

The Asampadāna Jātaka

Āsaṅka Jātaka

The Maiden Born in a Lotus and Her Name

Asankiya Jataka

The Fearless Sage and the Bandits

Asatamanta Jataka

The Teacher's Test of Craving

Asātarūpa Jātaka

The Seven-Day Blockade and the Mother's Advice

Asilakkhana Jataka

Two Sneezes, Two Fates

Asitabhu Jataka

A Freedom Found in the Sky

Assaka Jātaka

The Grieving King and the Dung Beetle

Atthana Jataka

Impossible Things

Aṭṭhasadda Jātaka

The Eight Sounds and the Dispelled Fear

Atthassadvara Jataka No. 84

The Six Doors to Welfare

Avariya Jataka

Wisdom Wasted on a Ferryman

Āyācitabhatta Jātaka

Sacrifice Brings No Freedom

Ayakuta Jataka

The King and the Iron Mace

Ayoghara Jataka

The Prince Raised in Iron

Babbu Jātaka

The Mouse, the Stone-Cutter, and Four Cats

Bahiya Jataka

The King Who Chose by Modesty

Baka-Brahma Jātaka

The Humbling of Baka Brahmā's Delusion

Baka Jātaka

The Crane, the Fish and the Crab

Baka-Brahma Jataka

The Ascetic Who Forgot His Own Past

Bandhanāgāra Jātaka

Bonds Stronger Than Iron

Bandhanamokkha Jataka

Freed by Truth

Bāveru Jātaka

The Crow and the Peacock of Bāveru

Bhaddasala Jataka

The Tree That Asked to Suffer More

Bhadraghata Jataka No. 291

The Wishing Cup

Bhallaṭiya Jātaka

The Forest King and the Mourning Kinnaras

Bhandana Jataka

The Lion, the Tree, and the Axe

Bharu Jataka

A Kingdom Lost to a Bribe

Bherivada Jataka

The Drummer's Measured Beat

Bhikkha-Parampara Jataka

The Gift Passed On

Bhimasena Jataka

The Archer Behind the Giant

Bhisa Jataka

The Lotus Roots and Sakka's Test

Bhisapuppha Jataka

The Scent and the Mirror

Bhojājānīya Jātaka

The Valiant Warhorse of Indomitable Will

Bhuridatta Jataka

The Vow Kept Through Capture

Bhūripañha Jātaka

The Great Question of Wisdom

Bilara Jataka

The Hypocrite Jackal and the Rat King

Biḷāri-Kosiya Jātaka

The Miser and Five Celestial Kinsmen

Brahachatta Jātaka

Grass Where the Gold Had Been

Brahmadatta Jataka

Twelve Years to Ask

Cakkavaka Jataka

The Crow Who Envied a Goose

Cakkavaka Jataka

Nine Stanzas on Inner Radiance

Cammasataka Jataka

The Ram's Real Intention

Campeyya Jātaka

The Serpent King and the Vows of Virtue

Canda-Kinnara Jātaka

Fidelity Proven Through an Act of Truth

Candakumara Jataka

Saved by a Truthful Wife

Candābha Jātaka

The Radiance of the Moon and the Golden Mountain

Catudvāra Jātaka

The Four Gates and the Razor-Wheel

Catumatta Jātaka

A Jackal Breaks In on a Friendship

Catuposathika Jātaka

Four Kings and the Fourfold Virtue

Cetiya Jataka

The World's First Lie

Campeyya Jataka

A Vow His Queen Once Opposed

Chavaka Jātaka

A Thief Who Corrected a King

Citta-Sambhuta Jataka

Brothers Across Lifetimes

Cūḷajanaka Jātaka

The Prince Who Swam Toward No Shore

Cūḷasuka Jātaka

The Little Parrot and the Dried-Up Tree

Culla-Hamsa Jataka

The General Who Stayed

Culla-Kuṇāla Jātaka

The Cuckoo and the Delusion of Attachment

Culla Nandiya Jataka

Two Sons, One Mother

Culla Narada Jataka

A Father's Counsel

Culla-Paduma Jātaka

Prince Lotus and the Basket

Culla Palobhana Jataka

Found by His Own Fall

The Culla-Sutasoma Jātaka

A Grey Hair and a Throne

Cullabodhi Jātaka

The Ascetic and the Abducted Wife

Culladhammapāla Jātaka

A Mother's Grief, a Child's Peace

Culladhanuggaha Jataka

The Archer Felled by His Wife

Cullakaseṭṭhi Jātaka

The Dead Mouse That Built a Fortune

Culla-Kuṇāla Jātaka

The Wise Bird and the Faithless Queen

Dabbhapuppha Jataka

The Jackal's Verdict

Daddabha Jataka

The Sound Nobody Checked

Daddara Jataka

The Naga Prince Who Chose Patience Over Pride

Daddara Jātaka

The Forbearing Nāga King of Mount Daddara

Dadhivahana Jataka

The Mango Tree and the Corrupting Roots

Dakarakkhasa Jataka

The Water-Demon's Ship Riddle

Dalhadhamma Jataka No. 409

The Elephant and the Dung-Cart

Darīmukha Jātaka

The Friend Who Became a Paccekabuddha

Dasa-Brāhmaṇa Jātaka

The Ten Kinds of Brahmins

Dasannaka Jataka

Harder Than Swallowing a Sword

Dasaratha Jātaka

Prince Rāma and the Virtue of Equanimity

Devadhamma Jātaka

The Water-Sprite's Question

Dhajaviheṭha Jataka

A Fraud's Crime, Honest Monks Banished

The Dhamma Jātaka

Right and Wrong in the Sky

Dhammaddhaja Jataka

The Ascetic Who Ate Chicks

Dhonasakha Jataka

The Warning a King Ignored

Dhūmakāri Jātaka

The Brahmin Goatherd and the Golden Deer

Dīghitikosala Jātaka

The Prince Who Spared a King

Dipi Jataka

The Goat's Plea and the Panther's Pretext

Dubbaca Jataka

The Stubborn Master and the Fifth Javelin

Dubhiya-makkata Jataka

The Monkey Who Was Devadatta

Daddabha Jataka

The Hare and the Shattering Earth (No. 322)

Dummedha Jataka

The King Who Envied His Elephant

Dummedha Jataka

The Vow That Ended a Kingdom's Sacrifices

Duta Jataka

The Messenger of Lust and the Belly

Dūta Jātaka (No. 478)

The Student's Lost Fee and the King

Palasa Jataka

The Brahmin and the Tree Spirit's Boon

Ekapada Jātaka

The Single Word of Universal Wisdom

Ekapanna Jataka

The Bitterness of a Single Leaf

The King Who Forgave His Captor

The Ekaraja Jataka

The Ass and the Wise Son's Seat

Gadrabha-Pañha Jātaka

Gagga Jataka

The Sneeze That Spared Two Travelers

Gahapati Jataka

The Householder and the Headman's Deceit

Gajakumbha Jataka

The Minister's Question to a Tortoise

Gamani-canda Jataka

The Four Lawsuits of an Honest Farmer

The Prince Who Listened to His Counselor

The Gamani Jataka

Gandatindu Jataka

What the Villagers Said

Gandhara Jataka

The Salt Two Kings Could Not Share

Gangamala Jataka

The Barber, the Half-Penny, and the King

Gaṅgeyya Jātaka

The Two Fishes and the Tortoise

Garahita Jataka

The Censure Stone

Ghaṭa Jātaka

Prince Ghaṭapaṇḍita and the Consolation of King Kaṇha

Ghata-Pandita Jataka

The Hare in the Moon

Ghatasana Jataka

The Water That Caught Fire

Gijjha Jātaka

The Devoted Vulture and the Blind Parents

Gijjha Jataka

The Vulture King Who Flew Past the Horizon

Gijjha Jataka

The Vulture Who Wept for His Blind Parents

Giridanta Jataka

The Horse Who Learned to Limp

Giridanta Jataka

The Horse and the Lame Trainer

Godha Jataka

The Chameleon's Revenge

Godha Jataka No. 325

The Hypocritical Ascetic

Gumbiya Jātaka

The Poisoned Honey on the Forest Road

Guna Jataka

The Lion Who Called a Jackal Kinsman

Guthapana Jataka

A Fitting Answer

The Music Teacher and the Ungrateful Pupil

The Guttila Jataka

Haliddiraga Jataka

The Dye That Washes Away

Haṁsa Jātaka

The Golden Swan King and the Loyal General Sumukha

Harita Jataka

The Confession That Restored a Sage

Haritamata Jataka

The Green Frog's Answer to a Wounded Snake

Hatthipala Jataka

A Renunciation Already Foreseen

Hiri Jātaka

The Border Merchant and the Plundered Caravan

Illisa Jataka

The Barber Who Could Not Tell Them Apart

Indasamānagotta Jātaka

The Hermit and His Pet Elephant

Indriya Jataka

Narada and the Peril of Unguarded Senses

Jāgara Jātaka

The Wakeful Ascetic and the Tree Spirit

Jambu-khadaka Jataka No. 294

Mutual Flattery

Jambuka Jataka

The Jackal Who Would Not Stay a Jackal

Janasandha Jataka

The King Who Preached on the Fifteenth

Jarudapana Jataka

The Treasure That Should Have Been Enough

Javana-Hamsa Jataka

Faster Than the Arrow

Javasakuna Jataka

The Woodpecker Who Expected No Reward

Jayaddisa Jataka

The Ogre Who Was the Prince's Lost Kinsman

Jhanasodhana Jataka No. 134

Neither Perception

Junha Jataka

The Promise Ananda Carried for a Lifetime

Kaccāni Jātaka

The Mother Who Offered to Dead Righteousness

Kacchapa Jataka No. 215

The Talkative Tortoise

Kacchapa Jataka No. 273

The Hermit's Riddle for the Monkey

Kacchapa Jataka

The Tortoise Who Would Not Leave

Kaka Jataka

The Crows Who Tried to Empty the Sea

Kaka Jataka

The Crow Who Feigned Illness

Kaka Jataka

The Crows Who Tried to Empty the Sea

Kakantaka Jataka

The Chameleon in Mahosadha's Court

Kakati Jataka

The Musician Who Became a Go-Between

Kakkaru Jataka

The Wreath That Could Not Be Faked

Kakkata Jataka

The Crab Won Over by Flattery

Kalabahu Jataka

The Parrot Who Could Wait

Kālakaṇṇi Jātaka

The Loyal Friend Named Misfortune

Kalaya-Mutthi Jataka

The Monkey Who Dropped a Handful

Kalinga-Bodhi Jataka

Why Ananda Planted a Bodhi Tree

Kalyāṇadhamma Jātaka

The Hermit Born from a Misheard Word

Kāma Jātaka

The Farmer's Flood and the Greedy King

Kama-Vilapa Jataka

The Impaled Man's Message to His Wife

Kamanita Jataka

The King Cured of the Slavery of Greed

Kanavera Jataka

A Love That Could Not Be Trusted

Kañcanakkhandha Jātaka

The Bar of Gold in Pieces

Kandagalaka Jātaka

The Woodpecker and the Acacia Wood

Kandari Jataka

The Queen, the Cripple, and the Rose-Apple Tree

Kandina Jataka

The Stag, the Doe, and the Hunters' Ambush

Kaṇha Jātaka

The Black Bull Who Pulled Five Hundred Wagons

Kaṇha Jātaka

The Dark Sage Whose Virtue Shook Sakka

Kaṇhadīpāyana Jātaka

Act of Truth and the Snakebite

Kapi Jataka

The Monkey Who Dressed as a Sage

Kapi Jataka

The Monkey Who Borrowed a Robe

Kapota Jataka

The Pigeon Who Warned the Greedy Crow

Kapota Jātaka

The Pigeon, the Gluttonous Crow, and the Kitchen Cook

Kāraṇḍiya Jātaka

The Pupil Who Tried to Level the Earth

Kāsāva Jātaka

The Elephant King and the Yellow Robe

Kassapamandiya Jataka

The Son Who Brought His Father Home

Katahaka Jataka

The Bow That Hid a Secret

The Kaṭṭhahāri Jātaka

The Wood-Bundle-Gatherer's Son

Kāya-vicchinda Jātaka

The Sick Man Who Became an Ascetic

Keḷisīla Jātaka

The King Who Mocked the Old

Kesava Jātaka

The Feast of Friendship and Wild Rice

Khadirangara Jataka No. 40

The Leap Over the Fiery Pit

Khajjopanaka Jataka

The Firefly Riddle of Mahosadha's Court

Khandhavatta Jātaka

Loving-Kindness for the Snakes

Khanti-vannana Jataka

The King's Quiet Rebuke

The Ascetic of Patience

The Khantivadi Jataka

Kharadiya Jataka

The Nephew Who Skipped His Lessons

Kharaputta Jātaka

The Magic Charm and the Wise King

Khurappa Jataka

The One Who Would Not Flee

Kimchanda Jataka

The Corrupt Priest Who Ate His Own Flesh

Kimpakka Jataka

The Fruit That Looked Like Mango

Kimsukopama Jataka

Four Paths to the Same Tree

Kokalika Jataka

The Cuckoo Who Called Too Soon

Komayaputta Jataka

The Monkey Who Learned to Meditate

Kosambī Jātaka

The Schism of Kosambī and the Heritage of Forgiveness

Kosambi Jātaka

The Quarreling Monks and the Lesson of Unity

Kosiya Jataka

The Owl Who Left Too Soon

Kosiya Jataka

The Miser Sakka Taught to Give

Kotisimbali Jataka

The Tree Spirit Who Feared a Small Bird

Kuddāla Jātaka

The Sage and His Spade

Kuhaka Jātaka

Heedful of the Straw, Heedless of the Gold

Kukku Jataka

Three Parables for a King

Kukkura Jataka

The Teaching That Lasted Ten Thousand Years

Kukkuta Jataka

The Cock Who Saw Through the Cat

Kukkuṭa Jātaka

The Wise Rooster and the Deceitful Falcon

Kukkuṭa Jātaka

The Wise Rooster and the Flattering Cat

Kulāvaka Jātaka

The Young Reformer of Macala and the Asuras

Kumbha Jataka

The Pot Sakka Carried to a King

Kumbhakara Jataka

The Potter Who Waited

Kumbhīla Jātaka

The Four Virtues and the Ambush Rock

Kummasapinda Jataka

A Breakfast Given Away

Kuṇāla Jātaka

The Cuckoo King and the Counsel on Infatuation

Kundaka-Kucchi-Sindhava Jataka

The Rice-Fed Colt

Kundakapuva Jataka

The Cake No One Thought Worth Giving

Kuntani Jataka

The Heron Who Would Not Be Reconciled

The Precepts That Brought Rain

The Kurudhamma Jataka

Kuruṅga Jātaka

The Three Faithful Friends in the Forest

Kurungamiga Jataka

The Friend Who Went Back

The Ugly King Who Would Not Give Up

The Kusa Jataka

Kusanali Jataka

A Friend Beneath Notice

Kuta-Vanija Jataka

Mice That Ate Iron

Kutavanija Jataka

The Voice That Came From a Hollow Tree

Kuṭidūsaka Jātaka

The Monkey Who Wrecked the Nest

Lābha-Garaha Jātaka

The Student Who Refused Gain

Lakkhana Jataka

The Two Stags of Wisdom and Folly

Latukika Jataka

The Quail Who Would Not Accept Defeat

Litta Jātaka

The Poisoned Dice and the Cheat

Lohakumbhi Jataka

The Four Syllables from Hell

Lola Jātaka

The Greedy Crow and the Royal Kitchen

Lomahaṃsa Jātaka

The Ascetic Who Tested Self-Torment

Lomasakassapa Jātaka

The Ascetic and the Animal Sacrifice

Losaka Jataka

The Monk Whose Jealousy Followed Him for Ages

Maccha Jātaka

The Fish King Who Commanded Rain by Truth

Maccha Jātaka

The Lustful Fish and the Fisherman's Net

Hamsa Jataka

A Deputy Who Would Not Flee

Mahā-Kaṇha Jātaka

The Great Black Hound and the Moral Awakening

Maha-Mangala Jataka

The Hermit Rakkhita and the True Omens

Mahā-Mora Jātaka

The Great Peacock and the Hunter's Mercy

Mahā-Paduma Jātaka

Prince Paduma and the Chaste Heart

Mahā-Palobhana Jātaka

The Prince Who Abhorred Passion

Mahā-Panāda Jātaka

The Palace Raised From the River

Maha-Ukkusa Jataka

The Hawk's League of Friends

Maha-Vanija Jataka

The Tree That Gave Too Much

Mahābodhi Jātaka

The Ascetic and the Five Heresies

Mahādhammapāla Jātaka

The Family Where None Die Young

The Shipwrecked Prince Who Persevered

The Mahajanaka Jataka

Mahakapi Jataka

Betrayed, Yet Still Guiding

Mahānāradakassapa Jātaka

Rujā and the Brahma Nārada

The King Buried Alive

The Mahasilava Jataka

Mahāsudassana Jātaka

The Last Hours of a Great King

Mahasuka Jataka

The Parrot King Who Would Not Leave

Mahāsupina Jātaka

The Sixteen Great Dreams of the King

Mahavanija Jataka

The Greedy Merchants and the Tree

Mahiḷāmukha Jātaka

The Elephant Reformed by Holy Words

The Buffalo Who Would Not Retaliate

The Mahisa Jataka

Mahosadha Jātaka

The Boy Whose Wisdom Outwitted an Empire

Makasa Jātaka

The Mosquito and the Carpenter's Son

Makhādeva Jātaka

The First Grey Hair and Renunciation

Makkata Jataka

The Monkey in a Dead Ascetic's Robe

Māluta Jātaka

The Debate Over Cold, Wind, and Moon

Maṁsa Jātaka

The Four Words for Meat and the Generous Hunter

Mandhātu Jātaka

The King Who Could Not Be Satisfied

Maṅgala Jātaka

The Cloth Gnawed by Mice

Maṇicora Jātaka

The Framed Husband and the King

Manikantha Jataka

The Serpent King and the Jeweled Throat

Maṇikuṇḍala Jātaka

The Jewel Earrings and the Forgiving King

Manisukara Jataka

The Crystal That Could Not Be Stained

Manoja Jātaka

The Noble Lion and the Treacherous Jackal

Matakabhatta Jātaka

The Laughing and Weeping Goat

Mātaṅga Jātaka

The Outcaste Sage and the Proud Maiden

Matarodana Jātaka

Weeping for the Dead and the Living

Maṭṭakuṇḍalī Jātaka

The Grieving Father and the Moon

Mātuposaka Jātaka

The Elephant and His Blind Mother

Mayhaka Jātaka

The Greedy Bird and the Hoarded Wealth

Meṇḍaka Jātaka

The Riddle of the Ram and the Test of Wit

Migālopa Jātaka

The Disobedient Vulture and the Winds

Migapotaka Jātaka

The Ascetic and the Cherished Fawn

Mitacinti Jataka

The Fish Who Thought Just Enough

Mitta-Amitta Jataka

The Sixteen Marks of Friend and Foe

Mittavinda Jātaka

Four Palaces, One Razor Wheel

Mittavinda Jātaka

The Razor-Wheel of Insatiable Greed

Mittavinda Jātaka

The Torment of the Razor Wheel

Mora Jataka

The Peacock's One Unguarded Moment

Mudu-Pani Jataka

The Soft Hand That Escaped a King's Grip

Mudulakkhana Jataka

The Hermit's Lost Flight

Mula-Pariyaya Jataka

The Riddle of the Devourer of Time

Muṇika Jātaka

The Pampered Pig Fattened for the Feast

Musika Jataka

The Three Verses That Saved a King

Nacca Jātaka

The Shameless Dancing Peacock and the Lost Bride

Nakkhatta Jataka

No. 49, the Folly of Waiting for Stars

Nakula Jātaka

The Mongoose and the Serpent's Truce

Naḷapāna Jātaka

The Water Ogre and the Hollow Reeds

Naḷinikā Jātaka

The Princess and the Innocent Hermit

Nāmasiddhi Jātaka

The Name Does Not Make the Man

Nānā-Chanda Jātaka

The King and the Diverse Desires

Nanda Jātaka

The Slave and the Buried Treasure

The Ox and the Unkind Word

The Nandivisala Jataka

Nandiyamiga Jātaka

The Devoted Deer and the King of Kosala

Naṅgula Jātaka

The Rusty Plowshare and the Cure for Discontent

Naṅguṭṭha Jātaka

The Fire-Worshiper and the Ox-Tail

Neru Jataka

No. 379, the Mountain of Undiscriminating Gold

Neru Jātaka

The Golden Mountain Where All Seem Equal

Nigrodha Jātaka

The Low-Born King and the Noble Friend

Nigrodhamiga Jataka

The Banyan Deer King

Nimi Jātaka

The King Who Toured Heaven and Hell

Pabbata-Upatthara Jātaka

The King and the Mountain Torrent

Padakusalamanava Jataka

No. 432, Son of the Horse-Faced Yakkha

Pādañjali Jātaka

The Foolish Prince Pādañjali

Paduma Jataka

The Lotuses and the Honest Brother

Palāsa Jātaka

The Golden Goose and the Strangler Banyan

Panc-Uposatha Jataka

Five Forest Dwellers Keep the Fast

Panca-Pandita Jataka

No. 508, the Secret Beneath the Trough

Pañcagaru Jātaka

The Prince Who Heeded Wise Counsel

Pancavudha Jataka

No. 55, the Ogre Later Known as Angulimala

Paṇḍara Jātaka

The White Naga King and the Treacherous Ascetic

Pānīya Jātaka

The Five Sages and the Suppression of Defilements

Pannika Jataka

The Greengrocer and the Virtuous Daughter

Parantapa Jātaka

The Prince Who Understood Animal Speech

Parosahassa Jataka

No. 99, the Hermit Who Won Nothing

Parosata Jataka

A Hundred Fools, One Wise Man

Phala Jataka

The Poison Fruit and the Observant Caravan

Phandana Jātaka

The Spirit of the Trembling Tree and the Feud

Pīṭha Jātaka

The Patient Ascetic and the Merchant's Apology

Pucimanda Jātaka

The Nimb Tree Spirit and the Pursued Burglar

Puṇṇanadī Jātaka

The Banished Chaplain and the Crow Riddle

Punnapati Jataka

The Treasurer and the Full Cups

Puppharatta Jataka

The Safflower Robe and the Impaled Man

Puṭa-Dūsaka Jātaka

The Monkey Who Destroyed the Leaf-Baskets

Putabhatta Jataka

The Packet of Rice and the Proud Husband

Pūtimaṃsa Jātaka

The Wise She-Goat and the Sham-Dead Jackal

Rādha Jātaka (II)

The Discreet Parrot and the Shameless Woman

Rādha Jātaka

The Parrots Who Could Not Guard Her

Rājovāda Jātaka (II)

The Righteous King and the Sweet Figs

The Rājovāda Jātaka

Two Kings on a Narrow Road

Rathalaṭṭhi Jātaka

The Rebounding Goad and the Royal Chaplain

Rohanta-Miga Jātaka

The Golden Stag and the Blind Parents

The Foolish Maid and the Flies

The Rohiṇī Jātaka

Romaka Jātaka

The False Ascetic and the King of Pigeons

The Rucira Jātaka

The Pretty Crane in the Crow's Nest

The Ruhaka Jātaka

The Chaplain Who Wore the Trappings

Rukkhadhamma Jātaka

The Law of Trees That Withstood the Storm

The Golden Deer and the Ungrateful Man

The Ruru Jataka

Ruru Jātaka

The Golden Stag and the Betrayal of the Drowning Man

Sabbadāṭha Jātaka

The Jackal King and the Spell of Might

Sabbasaṃhāraka Jātaka

The Scent That Could Not Lie

Saccaṅkira Jātaka

The Ungrateful Prince and the Faithful Beasts

Sādhīna Jātaka

King Sādhīna and the Ascent to Tāvatiṃsa

The Sādhusīla Jātaka

Four Suitors and the Virtuous Choice

Sāketa Jātaka

The Past-Life Parents and Boundless Metta

Sāketa Jātaka

The Past Parents of the Buddha

Sakuna Jataka

The Tree That Caught Fire

Sakuṇagghi Jātaka

The Quail and the Falcon

Salaka Jataka

The Monkey Who Would Not Be Fooled Twice

Sālikedāra Jātaka

The Devoted Parrot King's Rice Field

Salittaka Jataka

The Marksman Who Cured a Chatterbox

Sāliya Jātaka

The Village Physician and the Poisonous Viper

Sālūka Jātaka

The Pampered Pig and the Patient Ox

Sambhava Jataka

No. 515, the Boy Who Answered a King

Sambulā Jātaka

The Devoted Queen and the Leprous Prince

The Samiddhi Jātaka

The Nymph and the Young Ascetic

Sammodamana Jataka

The United Quails and the Fowler

Samudda Jātaka

The Greedy Crow Who Guarded the Sea

Samudda-Vāṇija Jātaka

The Carpenters and the Rising Sea

Samugga Jātaka

The Demon and the Swallowed Casket

Saṃvara Jātaka

The Humble Prince and the Power of Virtue

Sandhibheda Jataka

The Severed Friendship

Sanjiva Jataka

The Pupil Who Revived the Dead Tiger

Sankappa Jataka

The Thought That Was No Arrow

Saṅkha Jātaka

The Brahmin and Sea-Goddess Maṇimekhalā

Sankhadhamana Jataka

The Son Who Counseled Restraint

The Serpent King Who Would Not Strike Back

The Sankhapala Jataka

Sankicca Jataka

No. 530, the Sage and the Remorseful King

Santhava Jataka

The Ascetic, the Fire, and the Hind

Sarabhamiga Jataka

The Stag Who Forgave His Hunter

The Archer Who Became a Sage

The Sarabhanga Jataka

Sarambha Jataka

The Ox, the Wager, and Kind Words

The Wise Hare and the Fire of Generosity

The Sasa Jataka

Satadhamma Jataka

The Proud Brahmin's Bitter Meal

Satapatta Jataka

The Bird, the Jackal, and the Discerning Bandit

Sattigumba Jataka

Rotten Fish and Sweet Frankincense

Sattubhasta Jataka

Senaka and the Snake in the Sack

Sayha Jataka

The Priest's Son Who Refused a Throne's Gift

Seggu Jataka

The Smiling Daughter and the Father's Doubt

Serivavanija Jataka

The Honest Hawker's Golden Bowl

Setaketu Jātaka

The Proud Brahmin Humbled by Truth

Seyya Jātaka

The Exalted Patience of the Captive King

The Sigāla Jātaka

The Jackal and the Crystal Cave

Sigala Jataka

The Jackal Trapped in the Carcass

Sīhacamma Jātaka

The Donkey in the Lion's Skin

Sīhakoṭṭhuka Jātaka

The Lion-Jackal Cub and the Mongrel Roar

Silavimamsa Jataka

The Stolen Coin and the Test of True Worth

Sīla-Vīmaṁsa Jātaka

Testing Virtue and the Stolen Coin

Sīlānisaṃsa Jātaka

The Virtuous Barber and the Serpent King

Sīlavanāga Jātaka

The Elephant Chief and Devadatta's Forester

Silavimamsa Jataka

The Hawk With the Meat

Sīlavīmaṁsa Jātaka

The Chaplain Who Tested Virtue

Sīlavīmaṃsa Jātaka

The Test of Virtue and the Royal Treasury

Siri Jātaka

The Fowl of Fortune and the Destined King

Siri-Kāḷakaṇṇī Jātaka

The Goddesses of Fortune and Misfortune

Sirikāḷakaṇṇi Jātaka

A Merchant Judges Two Goddesses

Sirimanda Jataka

The Poor Wise Man and the Wealthy Fool

The King Who Gave His Eyes

The Sivi Jataka

The Gift of Two Oxen

The Somadatta Jātaka

Somadatta Jātaka

The Rehearsed Speech and the Generous King

Somadatta Jātaka

The Hermit and His Foster Elephant

Somanassa Jātaka

The Righteous Prince and the Sham Ascetic

The Soṇa-Nanda Jātaka

Two Brothers and Their Parents

Soṇaka Jātaka

The King and the Silent Enlightened Friend

Suci Jataka

The Needle That Won a Bride

Sudhābhojana Jātaka

Kosiya and the Cup of Ambrosia

The Suhanu Jātaka

Two Fierce Horses and a Fair Price

Sujāta Jātaka

The Dead Ox and the Grieving Father

Sujāta Jātaka

The Jujube Vendor and the Pride of Queen Sujātā

Sujāta Jātaka

The Wise Youth and the Dead Ox

Suka Jātaka

The Parrot Whose Greed Doomed His Parents

Sukara Jataka

The Boar Who Rolled in Filth

Sukhavihari Jataka

The Bliss of the Renounced King

Sulasa Jataka

The Clever Courtesan and the Robber Sattuka

Sumaṅgala Jātaka

The Park-Keeper and the Patient King

Supatta Jataka

The Crow Queen's Craving

Suppāraka Jātaka

The Blind Master Mariner and the Perilous Seas

Surāpāna Jātaka

The Hermits and the Delusion of Strong Drink

Suruci Jātaka

King Suruci and the Jeweled Palace

Susīma Jātaka

The Grey Hair and the Returned Crown

Susīma Jātaka

The Chaplain's Son and the Elephant Rite

Sussondi Jātaka

The Garuda King and the Enchanting Queen

Susumāra Jātaka

The Monkey and the Cunning Crocodile

Sutana Jātaka

The Filial Son and the Man-Eating Yakkha

The King Who Kept His Word

The Sutasoma Jataka

Bhojajaniya Jataka

The Warhorse Who Would Not Stop

The Golden Goose and the Greedy Mother

The Suvaṇṇahaṃsa Jātaka

Suvaṇṇakakkata Jātaka

The Golden Crab and the Faithful Brahmin

Suvaṇṇamiga Jātaka

The Golden Stag and the Hunter's Snare

Suvannasama Jataka

The Dutiful Son

Taccha-Sukara Jataka

The Carpenter Boar and the Tiger

Takka Jataka

The Date-Sage's Fall and Return

Takkaḷa Jātaka

Vasiṭṭhaka's Son and the Grave-Pit

Takkariya Jataka

The Chaplain Who Doomed Himself

The Measure of Rice and the Greedy King

The Taṇḍulanāḷi Jātaka

Tayodhamma Jātaka

The Three Qualities of Leadership

The Prince Who Would Not Look Away

The Telapatta Jataka

The Telovāda Jātaka

The Fish Meal and the Question of Blame

The Prince Who Feigned Dumbness

The Temiya Jataka

Tesakuna Jataka

No. 521, Three Birds Who Counselled a King

Thusa Jataka

The Verses That Outlasted Four Ambushes

Tila-Mutthi Jataka

The Handful of Sesame and the Wise Teacher

Tiṇḍuka Jātaka

The Monkey King and the Persimmon Tree

Tipallattha Jataka

The Fawn Who Feigned Death

Tirita-Vaccha Jataka

The Monarch Rescued from the Well

Tittha Jātaka

The Noble Steed and the Fresh Ford

Tittira Jātaka

The Decoy Partridge and Pure Intention

Tittira Jataka

The Partridge and the False Ascetic

Tittira Jātaka

The Partridge, the Monkey, and the Elephant

Tuṇḍila Jātaka

The Virtuous Pig and the Tranquility of Death

Ubhobhaṭṭha Jātaka

The Covetous Fisherman Who Lost Both Ways

Ucchaṅga Jātaka

The Woman Who Chose Her Brother

Ucchiṭṭhabhatta Jātaka

The Cold Rice and the Unfaithful Wife

Udañcanī Jātaka

The Young Hermit and the Water-Pot Siren

Udapana-Dusaka Jataka

No. 271, the Jackal and the Well

Udaya Jataka

King Udayabhadda and Sakka's Three Bowls

Uddalaka Jataka

No. 487, the Sham Ascetics and the Ring

Udumbara Jataka

The Monkey Who Lost His Cave

Ulūka Jātaka

The Crow, the Owl, and the Election of the King

Ummadantī Jātaka

The Enchantress and the Resolute King

Upāhana Jātaka

The Ungrateful Pupil and the Pinching Slippers

The Upasāḷha Jātaka

The Search for a Pure Cemetery

The Uraga Jātaka

The Hermit and the Serpent Jewel

The Household That Mourned No One

The Uraga Jataka

Uraga Jataka

The Serene Family at the Funeral Pyre

Vacchanakha Jataka

The Merchant's Offer to Split His Wealth

Vaḍḍhaki-Sūkara Jātaka

The Carpenter's Boar

The Vaka Jātaka

The Wolf's Short-Lived Sabbath

The Valāhassa Jātaka

The Flying Horse of Compassion

Vānara Jātaka

The Shrewd Monkey and the Ambushing Crocodile

The Monkey Who Outwitted the Crocodile

The Vanarinda Jataka

Vannaroha Jataka

The Jackal Who Could Not Divide Two Friends

The Vaṇṇupatha Jātaka

The Caravan That Found Water

Varaṇa Jātaka

The Temple-Tree and the Lazy Novice

Vāruṇī Jātaka

The Apprentice Who Salted the Wine

Vatagga-Sindhava Jataka

The Steed and the Grieving She-Ass

Vatamiga Jataka

The Deer Caught by Honeyed Grass

Vattaka Jataka

The Quail Who Refused to Fatten

The Quail Chick's Act of Truth

The Vattaka Jataka

Sakunagghi Jataka

The Quail and His Ancestral Ground

The Treasure Spell That Slayed a Thousand

The Vedabbha Jātaka

Veḷuka Jātaka

The Hermit and the Pet Viper

Verī Jātaka

The Merchant and the Forest Highwaymen

Vīcikka Jātaka

The Scorpion's Sting and the Hypocritical Friend

Vidhurapandita Jataka

The Wise Minister's Wager

Vighāsa Jātaka

The Feasting Monks and the Scavenger Parable

Vikaṇṇaka Jātaka

The Barbed Arrow and the Greed for Bait

Vīṇāthūṇa Jātaka

The Foolish Maiden and the Hunchback

Vinīlaka Jātaka

The Arrogant Crow Borne by Golden Geese

Vīraka Jātaka

The Crow Mimicking the Water-Crow

Virocana Jātaka

The Vain Jackal Who Mimicked the Lion King

Visavanta Jātaka

The Serpent and the Unbroken Vow

Visayha Jātaka

The Incorruptible Merchant and the Test of Sakka

Vyaggha Jātaka

The Folly of Driving Away the Tigers

Yuvanjaya Jataka

Impermanence in the Morning Dew