Jataka (Skt. Jātaka; Tib. སྐྱེས་རབས་, kyérab, Wyl. skyes rabs) — accounts of the Buddha's former lives, comprising one of the twelve branches of the excellent teaching.
The literature of Indian masters recounting stories of the Buddha’s former lives can be found in the Tibetan Tengyur, Toh 4150-4157.