Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

analyses: 2

jātakāaṭṭhakathā
  1. jātakājātaka

    birth story; Jātaka tale (an account of one of the Buddha’s former lives; one of the nine kinds of canonical texts)

  2. aṭṭhakathā

    commentary; exegesis; traditional explanation of the Pali Canon

jātakaaṭṭhakathā
  1. jātaka

    new-born; recently born; just arisen

  2. aṭṭhakathā

    commentary; exegesis; traditional explanation of the Pali Canon

Encyclopedia

Jātakaṭṭhakathā
Text

  • The commentary on the Jātaka collection, giving in prose the birth-stories behind its verses and a long introductory account of the Buddha’s path to Enlightenment, traditionally ascribed to Buddhaghosa.

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