A story of one of the Buddha’ s former lives.

As one of the twelve aspects of the Dharma, it means accounts of the Buddha’s previous lifetimes.

See also “twelve wheels of the Dharma.”

One of the “twelve branches of excellent speech.”

One among the twelve sections of scripture.

The Buddha’s accounts of his own previous lifetimes, listed as one of the twelve aspects of the wheel of Dharma.

One of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures.

One of the genres of Buddhist literature, included as one of both the nine or twelve types. Jātakas are like avadānas and pūrvayogas in that they tell about past lives, but they are sometimes distinguished from the other types of past-life stories in that they typically tell stories about the past lives of the Buddha.

The Buddha’s accounts of his own previous lifetimes. One of the nine aspects of the Dharma according to this sūtra. More commonly there are said to be twelve that include these nine.

One of the twelve branches of Buddhist scriptures.

Eighth of the twelve branches of the scriptures.

The canonical narratives of the Buddha’s previous births.