Re: [INDOLOGY] Launch of Jātaka Stories database

[Bradley Clough]

What a wonderful resource, Naomi and Chris, thanks and congratulations!

Brad Clough




On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 7:07 AM CLARK Chris via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> We are pleased to announce the launch of *Jātaka Stories* (
> https://jatakastories.div.ed.ac.uk), a free online searchable database of
> jātakas in Indian texts and art. In this database, users may browse stories
> belonging to a variety of Sanskrit and Pali textual collections. Each story
> in text contains a set of information, including the story’s themes,
> characters and places; the Sanskrit or Pali full text; and an English
> translation (where available). Similarly, users may browse artwork
> belonging to a number of Buddhist sites of ancient India. Each story in art
> contains a different set of information, including its date, location,
> visual elements, associated textual stories, corresponding inscription (in
> Prakrit and English translation, where present), a description of the
> scene, and an image of the artwork (where available). Many of the data
> fields are hyperlinks, e.g. themes, characters, places, rebirth
> identifications and visual elements. Users may click on any of these
> hyperlinks to explore the stories with which they are associated.
>
> In addition to browsing, there are search pages for finding particular
> textual and visual jātakas. These pages contain a series of filters that,
> with each addition, gradually narrow the search results. Please note that,
> at present, the search function for texts has a couple of issues that will
> be fixed during the first half of 2020 (details of these issues are given
> in the Search Stories in Text webpage). Finally, users may browse or search
> for specific story clusters, which group together similar stories in text
> and art (a concept that is similar to “parallel stories”, though more
> inclusive).
>
> Further expansion of the database is planned, including texts and art from
> other parts of Asia (if you are interested in contributing to future
> additions, please email naomi.appleton at ed.ac.uk). We hope that the *Jātaka
> Stories* database will be a useful research tool for scholars and will
> further encourage the study of textual and visual narratives side by side.
> This project has been generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
>
> Naomi Appleton and Chris Clark
> University of Edinburgh
> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
> with registration number SC005336.
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