Phalaka

Role: hunter · First appears: Chapter V

In Chapter V, Janmachitra rewarded Phalaka with the Amogha-chain after obtaining his parents’ consent; Janmachitra described Phalaka as “my refuge, my friend, and my kinsman.” Phalaka also went daily—morning, midday, and evening—to the Rishi of the hermitage near Janmachitra’s lake.

At the Brahmasabhā lake, on the fifteenth of the month, Phalaka used the chain to capture Manoharā as she went to bathe with five hundred Kinnarīs. About that time, he presented her to Sudhana, who took her to Hastināpura and gave Phalaka a splendid city.

Relationship record

Life events

• Janmachitra rewarded Phalaka with the Amogha-chain after obtaining his parents' consent.(Chapter V)
  • With: Janmachitra
  • “After asking his parents, he give him the chain.”
• Phalaka captured Manoharā with the Amogha-chain.(Chapter V · 📍 the Brahmasabhā lake)
  • With: Manoharā
  • “When Manoharā, surrounded by five hundred Kinnarīs, with befitting equipments, went into the Brahmasabhā lake to bathe, the hunter Phalaka straightway cast the Amogha-chain, and caught the Kinnarī Manoharā.”
• Phalaka presented Manoharā to Sudhana, who took her to Hastināpura.(Chapter V · 📍 Hastināpura)
  • With: Sudhana Manoharā
  • “Then Prince Sudhana took Manoharā and brought her to the city of Hastināpura, and to the hunter he gave a splendid city.”

Chapter V

• friends with Janmachitra “This man has become my refuge, my friend, and my kinsman.”
• with Janmachitra (Janmachitra also explicitly calls Phalaka his kinsman.) “This man has become my refuge, my friend, and my kinsman.”
• friends with The Rishi of the hermitage near Janmachitra’s lake (Chapter 005) “To this Rishi the hunter was wont to go daily, in the morning, at midday, and in the evening.”

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