the king of Panchāla (Chapter 8)

Family: Panchāla · Role: king · First appears: Chapter VIII

In Chapter VIII, the king of Panchāla gave lands and his daughter in marriage to Annapāna. His daughter Aushadhī was described by King Janaka as “exceedingly beautiful.” The king also took to heart what was said and acted accordingly; with his unnamed chief wife and the rest of the party, he proceeded to the deity’s abode with their heads shorn like pestles.

At the royal palace, Charaka escaped the king’s attempt to burn it by setting the palace ablaze and diving underwater. The next day, enraged, the king plucked Charaka bare and threw him from a window, where a falcon seized him. The following day, Charaka demanded a daily offering of red raw meat, sesamum and rice porridge from the king, threatening further harm.

Relationship record

Life events

• Charaka escaped the king of Panchāla’s attempt to burn it by setting the palace ablaze and diving underwater.(Chapter VIII · 📍 the royal palace)
  • With: the parrot Māṭhara (Chapter 8) Charaka
  • “When its tail had been wrapped in cotton and drenched with mustard-oil, and when all this had been set on fire, and the bird was let go to fly up into the air, it set the whole of the royal palace in a blaze, and then dived under water.”
• The king of Panchāla plucked Charaka bare and threw him from a window, where a falcon seized him.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Charaka
  • “The king of Panchāla in his rage plucked it quite bare, made a mere lump of flesh of it, and with the words, ‘Go and get eaten,’ flung it out of the window. Thereupon a falcon snapped it up.”
• Charaka demanded daily offerings from the king of Panchāla and threatened further harm.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Charaka
  • “You must bring day by day as an offering of food a whole measure full of red raw meat, sesamum, and rice porridge.”

Chapter VIII

• child: the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) “The king gave him the hand of his daughter, and bestowed lands upon him.”
• child: the daughter of the king of Panchāla named Aushadhī (Chapter 8) “The king of Panchāla has an exceedingly beautiful daughter called Aushadhī,” replied King Janaka.”
• child: the king of Panchāla’s unnamed chief wife (Chapter 8) “The king took this to heart and behaved accordingly, and the whole party, with heads shorn like pestles, proceeded to the abode of the deity”

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