Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.45

c11.45

Far different in style from the Pāli Jātakas is the Sanskrit work called Jātakamālā (the Garland of Birth-Stories) ascribed to Ārya Śūra. It belongs to the northern Buddhist canon and was composed probably in the 4th century A.D. All its legends, thirty-four in number, are derived from the traditional store and have been identified with the corresponding ones both in southern and northern collections. But the author modifies them in his narration and adds touches of his own. Tārānātha, the great Tibetan