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Over the time span of the last millennium there have been many Tibetan edited versions of texts retelling these stories. There can also be many minor variations and sometimes the addition of extra stories, yet despite these differences, all of the edited versions generally follow the same list of titles and are commonly known by all as the two collections of stories, the Thirty-four Jataka Tales and the One Hundred Jataka Tales.
The Jataka Stories, both the thirty-four and one-hundred, are almost always depicted in sets of multiple compositions - painting sets. The sets can have as few as three compositions or more than a dozen. On the HAR website there is a painting depicting all one-hundred stories in a single composition and another single painting depicting the life story of the Buddha along with the Thirty-four Jataka stories. (See both images).
Story Titles:
- Thirty-four Jataka Tales (& Stories)
- One-hundred Jataka Tales
Sets of Stories, Paintings & Block Prints:
- Jataka Stories Single Composition
- One Hundred Jataka Set (Block Print Set)
- One Hundred Jataka Set (MFA Boston)
- One Hundred Jataka Set (Central Tibet)
- One Hundred Jataka Set (Eastern Tibet)
- One Hundred Jataka Set (Situ Panchen Design)
- One Hundred Jataka Set (Zannabazar Museum)
- One Hundred Jataka Set (St. Louis Museum Set)
- Others....
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