The Gatakamala

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About the Book:

This is the first Indian edition of Speyer's English translation of Aryasura's Gatakamala (Garland of Birth Stories). The work belongs to the Canon of the Northern Buddhists. It contains thirty-four Gataka legends woven into the ethical and religious discourses that either magnify the glory of the Buddha or illustrate Buddhist doctrine and precepts by appropriate examples.

The book is a first-rate document for the study of Mahayana Buddhism. Interspersed with the moral maxims the accounts of the marvelous deeds of the Bodhisattva are meant to inspire the reader with a stronger faith in the Buddha or an extraordinary zeal for self-sacrifice.

The translation is authentic and authoritative. The reader will derive adequate knowledge and inspiration as from the original text.

INTRODUCTION

Introductory Stanzas

1. The Story of the Tigress
2. The Story of the King of the Sibis
3. The Story of the Small Portion of Gruel
4. The Story of the Head of a Guild
5. The Story of Avishahya, the Head of a Guild
6. The Story of the Hare
7. The Story of Agastya
8. The Story of Maitribala
9. The Story of Visvantara
10. The Story of the Sacrifice
11. The Story of Sakra
12. The Story of the Brahman
13. The Story of Unmadayanti
14. The Story of Suparaga
15. The Story of the Fish
16. The Story of the Quail's Young
17. The Story of the Jar
18. The Story of the Childless One
19. The Story of the Lotus-Stalks
20. The Story of the Treasurer
21. The Story of Kuddabodhi
22. The Story of the Holy Swans
23. The Story of Mahabodhi
24. The Story of the Great Ape
25. The Story of the Sarabha
26. The Story of the Ruru-Deer
27. The Story of the Great Monkey
28. The Story of Kshantivadin
29. The Story of the Inhabitant of the Brahmaloka
30. The Story of the Elephant
31. The Story of Sutasoma
32. The Story of Ayogriha
33. The Story of the Buffalo
34. The Story of the Woodpecker

Index