Utpalavarṇā’s first daughter (Chapter 010)

Family: Takshaśilā · Role: daughter · First appears: Chapter X

After witnessing Utpalavarṇā with her husband, she was flung as a newborn to The second householder of Takshaśilā (Chapter 010). She struck the threshold and wounded her head, and Utpalavarṇā left the house. Later, at Takshaśilā, the merchants gave her over and The caravan-leader who married Utpalavarṇā (Chapter 010) married her.

Relationship record

After witnessing her mother and husband together, Utpalavarṇā leaves home and abandons her newborn daughter with her husband.(Chapter X)
- With: Utpalavarṇā The second householder of Takshaśilā (Chapter 010)
- “With these words she flung her new-born daughter to her husband. The babe glanced off from the father’s body and fell on the threshold, whereby its head was wounded. But Utpalavarṇā veiled herself and left the house.”
The caravan-leader marries Utpalavarṇā’s first daughter.(Chapter X · 📍 Takshaśilā)
- With: The caravan-leader who married Utpalavarṇā
- “The merchants gave an assurance that this would not be the case, and then the girl was made over to them, and the caravan-leader married her.”

parent: Utpalavarṇā “‘And your mother’s?’ ‘Utpalavarṇā.’”
married with The caravan-leader who married Utpalavarṇā (Chapter 010) “Moreover, he related to her how her husband had brought with him from Takshaśilā a Gandhāra woman whose feet she was not worthy to wash.”
parent: The householder of Takshaśilā’s wife (Chapter 010) “‘And your mother’s?’ ‘Utpalavarṇā.’”
friends with Utpalavarṇā “The caravan-leader complied with her request and fetched the girl, and on her appearance Utpalavarṇā conceived affection for her.”

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