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Q. What is the name of compiled stories from Buddha's birth and his previous lives?
Answer: Jataka-tales
Notes: The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature on the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. Part of the canon of sacred Buddhist literature, it consists of some 550 anecdotes and fables depicts earlier incarnations of the Buddha. Most of the Jataka tales date to the 4th century B.C.

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