Virūpa

Family: Videha · Role: husband of Udumbarikā · First appears: Chapter VIII

In Chapter VIII, Virūpa is born to a Brahman and his wife, unlike his father and marked with eighteen signs of ugliness. His parents name him Virūpa because of his appearance. Despite his ugliness, Udumbarikā’s father decides to give her to him in marriage.

Relationship record

Chapter VIII

• married with Udumbarikā “In consequence of this, Udumbarikā’s father determined, in spite of Virūpa’s ugliness, to give him his daughter to wife.”
• parent: the father of Virūpa (Chapter 8) “Unto another Brahman there was born a bad-looking son, unlike his father, and marked with eighteen signs of ugliness. On account of his ugliness his parents, at the time of his birth, gave him the name of Virūpa.”
• parent: the mother of Virūpa (Chapter 8) “On account of his ugliness his parents, at the time of his birth, gave him the name of Virūpa.”

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