life stories; discourses on [Buddha's previous] births; birth-stories
1) [Jataka] birth life stories [of Buddha]. 2) stories of a succession of lives. 3) former lives. One of {gsung rab yan lag bcu gnyis}. twelve scriptural categories of Buddhas teachings. life-story/ genealogy/ family lineage
Skt. Jataka
The Garland of Rebirths
<term> jātaka, my previous lifetimes