The Jataka, Vol. III, tr. by H.T. Francis and R.A. Neil, [1897], at sacred-texts.com
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THE JĀTAKA
OR
STORIES OF THE BUDDHA'S FORMER BIRTHS.
TRANSLATED FROM THE PĀLI BY VARIOUS HANDS
UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF
PROFESSOR E. B. COWELL.
VOL. III.
TRANSLATED BY
H. T. FRANCIS, M.A.,
LATE FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIDS COLLEGE,
AND
R. A. NEIL, M.A.,
FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE.
LONDON
PUBLISHED FOR THE PALI TEXT SOCIETY
BY
LUZAC & COMPANY, LTD.
46 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C. 1
[1897]
Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, August 2009. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
First published by The Cambridge University
Press…1897
TO
THE HON. V. FAUSBOLL
WHO FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS
HAS SHEWN UNWEARIED ENERGY IN PUBLISHING
THE EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE PĀLI JĀTAKA
THIS THIRD VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE TRANSLATORS.
Published in Commemoration
of the
2,500th Anniversary of the Buddha-sāsana
PREFACE.
This volume of translation corresponds to the third volume of the text, and the translators, Mr. H. T. Francis, and Mr. R. A. Neil, have endeavoured to keep up an uniformity with the plan adopted in the two former volumes. Mr. Francis is responsible for pp. 1-150 and p. 287 to the end, Mr. Neil for pp. 151-286. The Secretary of State for India has kindly given permission to illustrate one of the stories in this volume also from the Bhārhut Stūpa.
The two translators of this volume cannot allow the book to appear without expressing their gratitude to Professor Cowell for his constant help and supervision and for his kindness in compiling the index.