Edited by E.B. Cowell, 6 volumes were first published by The Cambridge University Press in 1895-1907 and index was published in 1913, all were reprinted in 1990.<br/>6 volumes were reprinted into 3 books by The Pali Text Society. It was published in 1957, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1990, 2013. <br/>

It is the tenth book of the Khuddaka-nikāya of the Sutta-piṭaka, translation of Jātaka with Commentary (only the poems are part of the canon). It consists of verses embedded in stories of the former births of Gotama Buddha. This book can be generally divided into Three sections. The first section named Ekanipāta covers the first 150 Jātaka stories with an index. The second section named Dukanipāta covers the next 100 Jātaka stories (151–250) and the last section called Tikanipāta covers the next 50 Jātaka stories with an index. The first book, therefore, contains a total of 300 Jātaka stories and focuses on foundational stories that introduce the Buddha’s past lives as humans, animals, and divine beings including many stories, the Bodhisatta cultivated on his path to enlightenment such as the perfection of generosity (dāna pāramī), morality (sīla pāramī), patience (khanti pāramī) and determination (viriya pāramī), etc.