About Dasaratha Jataka

Dasaratha Jataka( Sanskrit: दशरथजातकम् / Pali:दसरथजातकं ) is a Jataka Tale found in Buddhist literature about the previous life of the Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha as a prince named Rama. It is found as 461th Jataka story in Khuddaka Nikaya of Sutta Pitaka in the Pali Canon. Apparently, this short story is a Buddhist adaptation of Hindu epic Ramayana. The Thai national epic, 'Ramakien', is claimed to be based on this Jataka.