King Viśvāmitra

Also known as: O king / Viśvāmitra · Role: the princess’s father · First appears: Chapter II

In Chapter II, King Viśvāmitra was the father of the princess whom King Mahāśakuni gave to Kuśa in marriage. After she rejected Kuśa over his appearance, her parents fetched her away. When she later recognized Kuśa and told her father who he was, Viśvāmitra agreed: “Go to him then, daughter, since that is so.”

In Chapter XVI, Viśvāmitra’s wife gave birth to Viśvaṇtara. After Viśvaṇtara gave the elephant Rājyavardhana to Brahmans, Viśvāmitra ordered him to leave the country. Later, Viśvāmitra’s grandchildren Kṛishṇa and Jālinī were brought to the city by the Brahman who had received them; Viśvāmitra summoned them. After King Viśvāmitra died, Viśvaṇtara returned and was installed as king.

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 The princess who became Kuśa’s wife 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 who became Kuśa’s wife The princess’s mother Kuśa
  • “Thereupon her parents fetched her away.”
• Kuśa defeated the prince’s besieging army, and the princess accepted Kuśa as her husband.(Chapter II)
  • With: Kuśa The princess who became Kuśa’s wife 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 The princess who became Kuśa’s wife
  • “‘Father,’ she said, ‘this is the youth Kuśa himself.’ ‘Go to him then, daughter, since that is so.’”
• King Viśvāmitra’s wife gave birth to Viśvaṇtara.(Chapter XVI)
  • With: King Viśvāmitra’s unnamed wife (Chapter 016) Viśvaṇtara
  • “It came to pass that his wife conceived, and, after a space of eight or nine months, gave birth to a fine, well-formed, handsome boy”
• Viśvaṇtara gave the elephant Rājyavardhana to Brahmans, provoking his father's anger.(Chapter XVI)
  • With: Viśvaṇtara Rājyavardhana
  • “the Bodisat swiftly alighted from the splendid elephant, and having presented that most splendid elephant to them with the utmost good humour”
• King Viśvāmitra ordered Viśvaṇtara to leave the country for giving away the elephant.(Chapter XVI)
  • With: Viśvaṇtara
  • “he sent for Prince Viśvaṇtara, and ordered him to quit the country.”
• The Brahman brought the children to the city and attempted to sell them; the king summoned them.(Chapter XVI · 📍 the city)
  • With: Prince Kṛishṇa Princess Jālinī The Brahman who received Viśvaṇtara’s children (Chapter 016)
  • “he entered the selfsame city from which they had departed, and there set to work to sell the children.”
• King Viśvāmitra died.(Chapter XVI)
  • “Now, when King Viśvāmitra was dead”
• After being invited back, Viśvaṇtara was installed as king.(Chapter XVI · 📍 the city)
  • With: Viśvaṇtara
  • “There they installed him as king.”

Chapter II

• child: The princess who became Kuśa’s wife “Now the king had said, “Honoured sirs, let no one show the youth Kuśa a mirror.”

Chapter XVI

• child: Viśvaṇtara “They said, ‘As the boy is King Viśvāmitra’s son he shall be called Viśvaṇtara.’”
• married with King Viśvāmitra’s unnamed wife (Chapter 016) “It came to pass that his wife conceived, and, after a space of eight or nine months, gave birth to a fine, well-formed, handsome boy”
• child: Prince Kṛishṇa “O thou of the thousand eyes, may the lord of the three and thirty set my children free from thraldom and let them find their way to their grandfather.”
• child: Princess Jālinī “O thou of the thousand eyes, may the lord of the three and thirty set my children free from thraldom and let them find their way to their grandfather.”
• younger kin: Prince Kṛishṇa “grandchildren, Kṛishṇa and Jālinī”
• younger kin: Princess Jālinī “grandchildren, Kṛishṇa and Jālinī”

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