Bahvannapāna

Family: Videha · Role: son of Annapāna; later king · First appears: Chapter VIII

Bahvannapāna was born to Annapāna and the daughter of the king of Panchāla. After Annapāna died, the king entrusted him and his mother to the Purohita. One day, while his mother was away, Bahvannapāna ate the cock’s head the Purohita had reserved for himself; after an omen identified the eater as a future king, the Purohita resolved to kill him.

His mother sent him away to his grandfather’s land, and Bahvannapāna fled to Videha. There, the ministers recognized him as their prince and consecrated him king as Janaka; his former name fell into disuse.

Relationship record

Life events

• Bahvannapāna was born to Annapāna and the king of Panchāla’s daughter.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Annapāna the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8)
  • “The son who was born of this marriage was named Bahvannapāna.”
• After Annapāna died, the king gave his daughter and Bahvannapāna to the Purohita.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Annapāna the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) the Purohita (Chapter 8)
  • “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• Bahvannapāna ate the cock’s head that the Purohita had reserved for himself.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: the Purohita (Chapter 8) the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
  • “In his mother’s absence he looked about, and saw the cock in a saucepan with its head uppermost. So he cut off the head and ate it.”
• After an omen identified the cock-head eater as a future king, the Purohita planned to kill Bahvannapāna.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: the Purohita (Chapter 8) the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
  • “Therefore the Purohita determined to put the boy to death.”
• Bahvannapāna’s mother sent him away to save him from the Purohita.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
  • “So she told her son that, as he had acted wrongly in eating the cock’s head, he must leave the country with all speed, and betake himself to his grandfather’s land, where he had relatives. The son fled to Videha”
• The ministers recognized Bahvannapāna as their prince and consecrated him king under the name Janaka.(Chapter VIII · 📍 Videha)
  • With: Janaka Rājyābhinanda
  • “As the extinct royal family was renewed in him, he also received the name of Janaka, and his former name of Bahvannapāna fell into disuse.”

Chapter VIII

• parent: Annapāna “The son who was born of this marriage was named Bahvannapāna.”
• parent: the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) “The son who was born of this marriage was named Bahvannapāna.”
• ward: the Purohita (Chapter 8) “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• child: the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8) (The passage identifies her as the boy’s mother shortly afterward: “In his mother’s absence he looked about”.) “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”

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