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Editorial
In literature, the story-form is the easiest and immediately effective art. In the world literature also, the literature in the form of stories has always been found most popular. It is because of this that the development of stories has become on a wider scale compared to other forms of literature. In regard to Indian literature also, one finds a vast literature in the form of stories. The inexhaustible storehouse of stories is the special wealth of Indian literature.
Even in Indian Literature, the Jain and the Bauddha literature in the form of stories. have special significance. In the Shraman tradition, the Jains and the Bauddhas have not only increased the story-literature, but they have: given a new direction to it. The original purpose of stories is to provide entertainment and through the medium of entertainment to preach. In the Shramanic tradition, the motive is not simply entertainment but along with the entertainment the aim is to present the subjects like Renunciation, good conduct, duty, darshan, morality, re-birth, the results of actions: etc. The Jatak stories of Bauddhas are also almost of this pattern. The fundamental aim of the
