Takshaśilā — Minor Figures

3 figures from Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

The householder of Takshaśilā, friend of Gautama (Chapter 011)

householder · first appears Chapter XI

• Chapter XI · friends with Gautama “contracted a friendship there with another householder”
• Chapter XI · with Gautama “the two men made an agreement that their children should marry each other.”

Ātreya

physician and teacher · first appears Chapter VI

• Chapter VI · pupil: Jīvaka “Ātreya became well pleased with Jīvaka, and took him along with him wherever he went.”

The second householder of Takshaśilā (Chapter 010)

householder · first appears Chapter X

• Chapter X · child: The son of the second householder of Takshaśilā (Chapter 010) “There was also in Takshaśilā another householder, who died leaving a son behind him.”

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