Jātakamālāṭīkā

This is a commentary on Āryaśūra's Jātakamālā, a Buddhist text written in prose and verses; this style is known as campū kāvya. The author of the text is Āryaśūra, who belonged to the late 3rd or early 4th century. This text describes the previous lives of the Buddha, as the Jātaka texts do. Therefore, this text can also be categorized as a Jātaka text. The name of the commentary and commentator is unknown. Originally, the text contained 34 Jātaka stories, but this manuscript includes only 15 stories with commentary. Matsunami obsereved that "There are many blank places in this copy. Perhaps the copier could not read those places of his original text." (Matsunami, 1965, p. 57).