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T.W. Rhys Davids
Buddhist Birth Stories [PDF ebook]
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This is Volume IX of sixteen in a series on Buddhism. Originally published in 1880, this study offers the first part of the oldest collection of folk-lore, the Jataka Tales. Translated from Pali.

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Format PDF ● Pages 464 ● ISBN 9781136377976 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2816090 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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