Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources

Divaukasa

Also known as: Yaksha Divaukasa · Role: Māndhātar’s runner · First appears: Chapter I

Life events

  • Māndhātar was consecrated king after receiving the regalia and treasures.(Chapter I · 📍 Sāketa)
    • With: Māndhātar
    • “Thereupon the fillet was laid upon him by demons. Moreover the seven treasures were revealed”
  • Māndhātar conquered Pūrvavidehadvīpa and ruled it.(Chapter I · 📍 Pūrvavidehadvīpa)
    • With: Māndhātar
    • “There, like a being who has acquired great power and supernatural force by means of virtue and merit, he ruled”
  • Māndhātar conquered Aparagodānīya and ruled there.(Chapter I · 📍 Aparagodānīya)
    • With: Māndhātar
    • “Having reached Aparagodānīya, he tarried therein”
  • Māndhātar conquered Uttarakuru and ruled over its hosts.(Chapter I · 📍 Uttarakuru)
    • With: Māndhātar
    • “King Māndhātar reached Uttarakuru, and there, enjoying the fruits of his deserts”
  • Māndhātar set out for the abode of the thirty-three gods.(Chapter I · 📍 Sumeru)
    • With: Māndhātar
    • “Scarcely had this idea occurred to King Māndhātar when he arose, surrounded by his thousand sons”

Chapter I

  • lord: Māndhātar “During this inauguration of King Māndhātar’s rule six Śakra-evanescences passed away. Then King Māndhātar asked his runner, the Yaksha Divaukasa, ‘Is there not some part of the world as yet unsubdued by me which I could subdue?’”

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