Nyagrodha

Role: Brahman · First appears: Chapter IX

Nyagrodha was born at Nyagrodhika after his father prayed to the Nyagrodha tree for a child. He later married a woman of similar birth, but they remained childless until Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) was conceived and born after the god’s son entered his wife’s womb.

When Nyagrodhaja had grown up and learned Brahman teachings, Nyagrodha entrusted him with teaching five hundred Brahmans’ sons. Although his son wished to enter the forest of penitence, Nyagrodha arranged for him to marry, saying, “a wife must be taken for the maintenance of the race.” After Nyagrodha and his wife had lived on for some time, they died.

Relationship record

Life events

• Nyagrodha was born after his father prayed to the Nyagrodha tree for a child.(Chapter IX · 📍 Nyagrodhika)
  • With: Nyagrodha’s unnamed mother (Chapter 009) Nyagrodha’s unnamed father (Chapter 009)
  • “At length he betook himself to that Nyagrodha tree, and after he had implored its aid you were born, and for that reason was the name of Nyagrodha bestowed upon you.”
• Nyagrodha’s wife gave birth to a son, who was named Nyagrodhaja and Kāśyapa.(Chapter IX · 📍 Nyagrodhika)
  • With: Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
  • “Thereupon the god’s son gave his consent and entered the womb of Nyagrodha’s wife. After the lapse of eight or nine months a fine boy was born and his birth-feast was solemnised.”
• Nyagrodha entrusted Nyagrodhaja with instructing five hundred Brahmans’ sons.(Chapter IX)
  • With: Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
  • “When he had grown up, and had partaken of instruction in all Brahman learning, his father intrusted him with the instruction of five hundred Brahmans’ sons.”
• Nyagrodha arranged for Nyagrodhaja to marry, despite his wish to enter the forest of penitence.(Chapter IX)
  • With: Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa)
  • “So he said to his son, ‘O son, as this is the law of the world, a wife must be taken for the maintenance of the race.’”
• Kapilabhadrā’s parents betrothed her to Nyagrodhaja.(Chapter IX · 📍 Kapila)
  • With: Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) Kapila Kapila’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) Kapilabhadrā (Bhadrā)
  • “Thereupon the parents betrothed their daughter to the Brahman youth Nyagrodhaja, having previously bathed and put on white garments, and the prayers for good fortune and happy results having been uttered by the Brahmans.”
• Nyagrodha and his wife died.(Chapter IX)
  • With: Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009)
  • “After the young couple had gone on living for some time in this fashion, the two old people died.”

Chapter IX

• parent: Nyagrodha’s unnamed father (Chapter 009) “Your father also remained childless [she said], although he had appealed for offspring to many hundreds of thousands of gods.”
• parent: Nyagrodha’s unnamed mother (Chapter 009) “As he sat one day sorrowing, his mother advised him to go to the park and have recourse to the deity of the thick-foliaged Nyagrodha tree from which the city took its name, a tree provided with wide-spreading branches and a splendid crown.”
• married with Nyagrodha’s unnamed wife (Chapter 009) “He had married a wife of birth like unto his own, but their union remained childless.”
• child: Nyagrodhaja (Kāśyapa) “Thereupon the god’s son gave his consent and entered the womb of Nyagrodha’s wife.”

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