| The most dramatic and best preserved scenes, however, show two Jataka stories of the former lives of the Buddha. |
| McDermott wraps up his series of six picture books, based on the ancient Buddhist Jataka tales, with this story of a clever monkey who outwits a dim-headed crocodile. |
| Nemec develops his interpretation with a very lengthy footnote listing the scholarship on Jataka and Avadana literature, and on Buddhist architecture as well. |
| The Jataka tales have much educational value and were used to teach youngsters the important morals and goals of life. |
| Even in case of a pregnant bhikkhuni, the king is consulted, as mentioned in the prologue of Jataka no. |
| The Jataka collections were transmitted orally for centuries, and when written down they took a form combined of verse, story, and moral commentary. |
