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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the tales which talk about Buddhas previous lives.
A
Angas
B
Jatakas
C
Tripitikas
D
Prakrit
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -a “narrative in the present” (paccupannavatthu), with the Buddha and other figures, a “narrative in the past” (atītavatthu), a story from a past life of the Buddha.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Buddhism. The Jataka tales depict stories related to the Gautama Buddha in both human and animal forms. The Jataka is a collection of stories about the previous birth life of Gautam Buddha.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jataka Katha contains stories of the former births of Lord Buddha. The oldest written stories in the world are the Jataka tales in which about 600 stories have been collected.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jataka, (Pali and Sanskrit: “Birth”) any of the extremely popular stories of former lives of the Buddha, which are preserved in all branches of Buddhism.

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