HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
Question
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Meant for children
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Based on pet Hindu myths
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About Jains saints
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Pertaining to several different earlier births of the Buddha
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Jataka is the collections of stories about the previous birth life of Gautam Buddha. In these stories, he was denoted as a human being as well as an animal. These stories were written in Pali and Sanskrit language.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jātakas (meaning “Birth Story", “related to a birth") are a voluminous body of literature native to India which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jatakas-the stories about virtues The Jatakas are an important part of Buddhist art and literature. They describe the previous existences or births of the Buddha (the Enlightened One) when he appeared as Bodhisattvas (beings who are yet to attain enlightenment or moksha), in both human and non-human forms.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Jatakas are the stories from the previous lives of the Buddha, and also the stories he would often tell.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following statements about Jatakas is correct? These were composed by ordinary people, written down and preserved by Buddhist monks.