The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c6.5

c6.5

The Jâtakas. — I owe however (by way of preface) some explanations which may allow you better to understand the meaning and more to enjoy the flavour of these tales and images, as amusing as naïve. But these necessary explanations may be extremely brief, and it will suffice if I rapidly recall to your mind three essential notions.