The princess who became Kuśa’s wife

Role: Kuśa’s wife · First appears: Chapter II

In Chapter II, King Mahāśakuni arranged the princess’s marriage to Kuśa, though another king’s son had sought her hand and threatened her father’s power. After Kuśa left, she rejected him for his appearance, calling him “a Piśācha,” and her parents fetched her away. When Kuśa later cured her brain disease, she recognized him and cried out in alarm, whereupon he fled.

After Kuśa defeated the prince’s besieging army, the princess came to value his boldness and courage and asked King Viśvāmitra to fulfil his promise. She revealed Kuśa’s identity to her father, who agreed to give her to him.

Relationship record

Life events

• King Mahāśakuni arranged Kuśa’s marriage to the princess, who had been sought in marriage by another king’s son.(Chapter II)
  • With: King Mahāśakuni (Śakuni) Kuśa King Viśvāmitra The king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002) The son of the king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002)
  • “And he gave her to Kuśa, and celebrated his marriage with her in consonance with the constellation, the epoch, and the moment.”
• The princess’s parents fetched her away after she rejected Kuśa for his appearance.(Chapter II)
  • With: The princess’s mother King Viśvāmitra Kuśa
  • “Thereupon her parents fetched her away.”
• Kuśa cured the princess’s brain disease, but she recognized him and cried out in alarm.(Chapter II)
  • With: Kuśa
  • “When she became well she cried out, ‘Piśācha! Piśācha!’ Whereupon he fled.”
• Kuśa defeated the prince’s besieging army, and the princess accepted Kuśa as her husband.(Chapter II)
  • With: Kuśa King Viśvāmitra The son of the king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002)
  • “The princess thought, ‘As this youth Kuśa is excellently endowed with boldness and courage, why should I dislike him?’ So she took a liking for him, and said to the king, ‘What you promised, that fulfil.’”
• The princess’s father agreed to give her to Kuśa after she revealed his identity.(Chapter II)
  • With: Kuśa King Viśvāmitra
  • “‘Father,’ she said, ‘this is the youth Kuśa himself.’ ‘Go to him then, daughter, since that is so.’”

Chapter II

• married with Kuśa “And he gave her to Kuśa, and celebrated his marriage with her in consonance with the constellation, the epoch, and the moment.”
• parent: King Viśvāmitra “Now the king had said, “Honoured sirs, let no one show the youth Kuśa a mirror.”
• parent: The princess’s mother “When Kuśa had gone, his wife sent to say to her father and mother, “Is there no man left in the world, that ye have given me to a Piśācha?”
• admirer: The son of the king whose son sought the princess in marriage (Chapter 002) “So he sent to say that if the king would give him his daughter, all would be well; but if the king would not give her, he would despoil him of his sovereign power.”

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