Q3. Define the following: a) Jatakas b) shrenis c) port
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Jataka is a type of literature from India also known as the Jatakas or the Jataka tales. They contain stories of the previous lives of Gautama Buddha. These include Buddha in both animal and human forms. These stories are extremely popular and are valued in all branches of Buddhism.
In Ancient India, a shreni (Sanskrit: श्रेणि, romanized: śreṇi or श्रेणी śreṇī, Prakrit: seni) was an association of traders, merchants, and artisans. Generally, a separate shreni existed for a particular group of persons engaged in the same vocation or activity. Shrenis have sometimes been compared with the guilds.
PORTS. Physical Oceanographic Real Time System. Military and Defence. PORTS. Portable Remote Telecommunications System.
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c)The definition of a port is a harbor or place on the water where ships load and unload cargo.
a)Definition of Jataka
: any of some 550 birth stories or narratives of former incarnations of Gautama Buddha collected in Buddhist sacred writings