Bhikkhu Anandajoti has just released a new, much-revised edition of the classic Jataka translations originally published between 1895 and 1907. Find it online here:
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Bhikkhu Anandajoti has just released a new, much-revised edition of the classic Jataka translations originally published between 1895 and 1907. Find it online here:
cc: @Snowbird
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This is indeed wonderful news. In addition to corrections, he has also translated those stories that were too sexual for the Victorians to publish.
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Ven. Ānandajoti has just finished a revised translation of the Jātaka. You can see it online or download the (nearly 3000 pages) PDF here:
The Introduction includes a look at the parallels to the verses in the first book.
The history of these texts is quite amazing and the introduction goes into this as well.