Sūryanemi

Family: Vārāṇasī · Role: prince and later king · First appears: Chapter XVII

At Vārāṇasī, King Sarjarasin and Dharmikā’s son was born after eight or nine months. When Sarjarasin died and Sūryanemi was consecrated king, he sought to have Dharmikā put to death; Goshṭhila persuaded him to delay and took her into his care, while Sūryanemi ordered Goshṭhila to keep watch over the queen.

When the fisher-lad entered the palace, Sūryanemi recognized him as the foretold threat and ordered his capture. The Nāgas misled the searchers, but when an opportunity arose, the youth killed Sūryanemi and reversed the spell to become a man again. Afterwards, he informed Goshṭhila and assumed royal power.

Relationship record

Life events

• The daughter gave birth to Sūryanemi.(Chapter XVII · 📍 Vārāṇasī)
  • With: King Sarjarasin
  • “she gave birth to a very fine boy.”
• Sūryanemi was consecrated as king.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: King Sarjarasin
  • “When Sarjarasin had died and his body had been burned with all pomp, Sūryanemi was consecrated as king.”
• Goshṭhila persuaded Sūryanemi not to kill Dharmikā immediately and took her into his care.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: Dharmikā Goshṭhila
  • “Goshṭhila remonstrated against this, saying: ‘O king, is it just to put her to death rashly? Who can tell whether she will bear a son or a daughter? If a son is born, he shall be put to death.’ King Sūryanemi ordered him to act in accordance with this saying, and to keep watch over the queen. So Goshṭhila took her to his own house”
• Sūryanemi recognized the fisher-lad as the foretold threat and ordered his capture.(Chapter XVII · 📍 Vārāṇasī)
  • With: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “So he ordered the ministers to lay hands on him in order that he might not escape.”
• The Nāgas misled Sūryanemi’s searchers by claiming the youth had been killed.(Chapter XVII · 📍 the Pingala-wilderness)
  • With: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “The Nāgas said to them, ‘Honoured ones, he on whose account ye have troubled us has been put to death by our contrivance, for he has fled into the Pingala-wilderness.’”
• The fisher-lad killed Sūryanemi and reversed the spell to become a man again.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “But when an opportunity occurred, the youth put the king to death in a solitary spot. Then he reversed the spell and became a man again.”
• The fisher-lad assumed royal power after informing Goshṭhila of what had happened.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) Goshṭhila
  • “Afterwards he set the crown on his head, and, after making the minister Goshṭhila acquainted with the matter, assumed the regal power.”

Chapter XVII

• parent: King Sarjarasin “King Sarjarasin fell ill, and when his illness could not be cured, although remedies of all kinds were applied, he reflected, after he had learnt the state of his body, that it would be necessary to take precautions in order that Sūryanemi, after becoming king on his decease, should not cause Dharmikā to be put to death.”
• parent: Dharmikā “He took to wife the daughter of another king, and lived with her. She became with child, and after the lapse of eight or nine months, when the sun was high at midday, she gave birth to a very fine boy.”
• with Dharmikā (Queen and king; the passage identifies Dharmikā as the queen under Sūryanemi’s watch.) “King Sūryanemi ordered him to act in accordance with this saying, and to keep watch over the queen.”
• subordinate: Goshṭhila “King Sūryanemi ordered him to act in accordance with this saying, and to keep watch over the queen.”

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