The Jataka
OR
STORIES OF THE BUDDHA'S FORMER BIRTHS.
TRANSLATED FROM THE PĀLI BY VARIOUS HANDS
UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF
PROFESSOR E. B. COWELL
VOL. I.
TRANSLATED BY
ROBERT CHALMERS, B.A.,
OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
[1895]
Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, January, 2006, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
TO
PROFESSOR T. W. RHYS DAVIDS, LL.D., PH.D.,
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED
BY
HIS FRIEND AND PUPIL
THE TRANSLATOR