The king’s wife, mother of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018)

Role: queen and mother · First appears: Chapter XVIII

In Chapter XVIII, the king’s wife was married to The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018). After she became with child and eight or nine months passed, she gave birth to Ksheman·kara, described as “a very handsome boy.”

She later became with child again and, after eight or nine months, gave birth to Pāpan·kara. Many thousands of unfortunate events took place at his birth, on which account he was given the name Pāpan·kara.

Relationship record

Life events

• The king’s wife gave birth to Ksheman·kara.(Chapter XVIII)
  • With: The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Ksheman·kara
  • “Some time afterwards his wife became with child, and, after the lapse of eight or nine months, gave birth to a very handsome boy”
• The king’s wife gave birth to Pāpan·kara.(Chapter XVIII)
  • With: The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Pāpan·kara
  • “The king’s wife again became with child, and after the lapse of eight or nine months a boy was born, at whose birth many thousands of unfortunate events took place, on which account there was given to him the name of Pāpan·kara.”

Chapter XVIII

• child: Ksheman·kara “Some time afterwards his wife became with child, and, after the lapse of eight or nine months, gave birth to a very handsome boy, complete in limbs and joints, whose skin was the colour of gold, whose head stood out like a canopy, and who had long arms, a broad forehead, interlacing eyebrows, and a high-arched nose.”
• child: Pāpan·kara “The king’s wife again became with child, and after the lapse of eight or nine months a boy was born, at whose birth many thousands of unfortunate events took place, on which account there was given to him the name of Pāpan·kara.”
• married with The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) “Some time afterwards his wife became with child”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.