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Jātaka Tales

H. T. Francis (1837 - 1924) and E. J. Thomas (1869 - 1958)

Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s fables, some strikingly similar, they urge the listener to moral behavior and often, more than that, point a way to real insight. - Summary by Scotty Smith

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	INTRODUCTION	Scotty Smith	00:19:25
Play 02	THE LITTLE GILDMASTER; THE KING AND THE STICK-GATHERER; KING MAKHĀDEVA’S GREY HAIRS; THE COLD HALF OF THE MONTH	Scotty Smith	00:13:33
Play 03	THE FEAST OF THE DEAD; THE MONKEYS AND THE OGRE; THE GUILTY DOGS; THE DISCONTENTED OX	Scotty Smith	00:19:13
Play 04	THE PEACOCK’S WOOING; THE FOWLER AND THE QUAILS; THE OLDEST OF THE ANIMALS; THE CRANE AND THE CRAB	Scotty Smith	00:15:09
Play 05	THE HAUGHTY SLAVE; THE PIGEON AND THE CROW; THE FOOLISH FRIEND; THE STUPID MONKEYS	Scotty Smith	00:13:49
Play 06	THE ROBBERS AND THE TREASURE; GREAT KING GOODNESS	Scotty Smith	00:23:38
Play 07	PRINCE FIVE-WEAPONS; THE BRAHMIN’S SPELL	Scotty Smith	00:21:40
Play 08	THE VALUE OF A BROTHER; THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS	Scotty Smith	00:14:32
Play 09	THE GREAT DREAMS	Scotty Smith	00:28:21
Play 10	THE CONVERTED MISER; THE VALIANT DWARF	Scotty Smith	00:21:38
Play 11	THE STOLEN JEWELS; THE TOO-CLEVER MERCHANT; THE LOQUACIOUS BRAHMIN; THE THREE FISHES	Scotty Smith	00:16:14
Play 12	THE LUCKY SNEEZE; THE HYPOCRITICAL JACKAL; THE GOLDEN GOOSE; THE GRATEFUL MOUSE	Scotty Smith	00:15:09
Play 13	THE TREACHEROUS CHAMELEON; THE CUNNING JACKAL; THE FOOLHARDY JACKAL; THE FOOLISH CROWS	Scotty Smith	00:13:07
Play 14	THE GREEDY JACKAL CAUGHT; THE RASH MAGICIAN; THE TWO GOOD KINGS	Scotty Smith	00:12:08
Play 15	THE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT; THE PET ELEPHANT; THE MONGOOSE AND THE SNAKE; THE JACKAL BETRAYED BY HIS HOWL	Scotty Smith	00:16:37
Play 16	THE PENNY-WISE MONKEY; THE INCOMPARABLE ARCHER; THE MAGIC TREASURES	Scotty Smith	00:22:03
Play 17	THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN; THE PRIEST IN HORSE-TRAPPINGS; INGRATITUDE PUNISHED	Scotty Smith	00:16:40
Play 18	THE GOBLIN CITY; THE TELL-TALE PARROT; THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND; THE FOOLHARDY CROW	Scotty Smith	00:12:23
Play 19	THE WOODPECKER, TORTOISE, AND ANTELOPE; THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY; THE BRAHMIN AND THE ACROBAT; THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE	Scotty Smith	00:15:15
Play 20	THE STOLEN PLOUGHSHARES; THE HERO’S TASKS	Scotty Smith	00:17:43
Play 21	DEFEATING THE KING OF DEATH; THE JACKAL’S SPELL; THE JUDAS-TREE	Scotty Smith	00:11:43
Play 22	THE JUDGEMENTS OF KING MIRROR-FACE	Scotty Smith	00:23:23
Play 23	THE CRAB AND THE ELEPHANT; THE OWL AS KING; THE ELEPHANT-TRAINER’S LUCK; THE WISHING CUP	Scotty Smith	00:15:04
Play 24	THE JACKAL AND THE CROW; THE WOLF’S SABBATH; THE KING AND THE FRUIT-GIRL; THE WOODPECKER AND THE LION	Scotty Smith	00:08:33
Play 25	THE HARE’S SELF-SACRIFICE; UNASKED-FOR ADVICE; THE FLIGHT OF THE BEASTS; THE CONCEITED MENDICANT	Scotty Smith	00:18:12
Play 26	THE IMPERMANENCE OF WORLDLY JOYS; THE TESTING OF VIRTUE; A KING’S LIFE SAVED BY SPELLS	Scotty Smith	00:15:31
Play 27	THE HERON’S REVENGE; THE LION AND THE BULL; THE QUAIL’S FRIENDS; QUEEN SUSONDĪ	Scotty Smith	00:17:46
Play 28	THE BETRAYER BETRAYED; THE CAT AND THE COCK; THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS	Scotty Smith	00:20:39
Play 29	THE THEFT OF A SMELL; THE LION IN BAD COMPANY; THE OTTERS AND THE JACKAL	Scotty Smith	00:11:02
Play 30	THE BRAHMIN AND THE SNAKE; THE BRAHMIN’S REVENGE ON THE MONKEYS	Scotty Smith	00:19:22
Play 31	THE MONKEY’S HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE; THE ADVENTURES OF THE PRINCE AND HIS BROTHER	Scotty Smith	00:19:25
Play 32	THE PANTHER AND THE GOAT; THE GRATEFUL PARROT	Scotty Smith	00:09:37
Play 33	THE GOBLIN’S GIFT	Scotty Smith	00:25:11
Play 34	THE WISE GOAT AND THE JACKAL; THE UNGRATEFUL SON	Scotty Smith	00:15:54
Play 35	THE TEN SLAVE-BRETHREN	Scotty Smith	00:22:00
Play 36	RĀMA AND SĪTĀ; THE WICKED STEP-MOTHER	Scotty Smith	00:23:26
Play 37	THE LOST CHARM; THE PRINCE’S WOOING AND THE THRONE OF THE BUDDHAS	Scotty Smith	00:22:47
Play 38	THE FOLLY OF GARRULITY; THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS	Scotty Smith	00:29:10
Play 39	THE PRINCE WHO COULD NOT LAUGH	Scotty Smith	00:19:38
Play 40	A LOST FRIEND FOUND BY A SONG	Scotty Smith	00:15:54
Play 41	KING SIVI	Scotty Smith	00:17:46
Play 42	THE EVILS OF STRONG DRINK	Scotty Smith	00:09:58
Play 43	THE WHITE SIX-TUSKED ELEPHANT	Scotty Smith	00:29:18
Play 44	THE THREE WISE BIRDS	Scotty Smith	00:17:37
Play 45	A KING FINDS HIS FRIEND THROUGH A SONG	Scotty Smith	00:21:18
Play 46	THE UGLY BRIDEGROOM	Scotty Smith	01:07:52
Play 47	THE NINETEEN PROBLEMS	Scotty Smith	00:43:40

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