The king, father of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018)

Role: king and father · First appears: Chapter XVIII

In Chapter XVIII, the king’s wife became with child and, after eight or nine months, gave birth to Ksheman·kara, described as a very handsome boy. She later became with child again and gave birth to Pāpan·kara; many thousands of unfortunate events took place at his birth, and he was given that name.

On the king’s death, Pāpan·kara came to the throne.

Relationship record

Life events

• The king’s wife gave birth to Ksheman·kara.(Chapter XVIII)
  • With: The king’s wife, mother of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Ksheman·kara
  • “Some time afterwards his wife became with child, and, after the lapse of eight or nine months, gave birth to a very handsome boy”
• The king’s wife gave birth to Pāpan·kara.(Chapter XVIII)
  • With: The king’s wife, mother of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) Pāpan·kara
  • “The king’s wife again became with child, and after the lapse of eight or nine months a boy was born, at whose birth many thousands of unfortunate events took place, on which account there was given to him the name of Pāpan·kara.”
• After their father died, Pāpan·kara came to the throne.(Chapter XVIII)
  • With: Pāpan·kara
  • “On the death of his father his brother, Pāpan·kara, came to the throne.”

Chapter XVIII

• child: Ksheman·kara “Some time afterwards his wife became with child, and, after the lapse of eight or nine months, gave birth to a very handsome boy, complete in limbs and joints, whose skin was the colour of gold, whose head stood out like a canopy, and who had long arms, a broad forehead, interlacing eyebrows, and a high-arched nose.”
• child: Pāpan·kara “The king’s wife again became with child, and after the lapse of eight or nine months a boy was born, at whose birth many thousands of unfortunate events took place, on which account there was given to him the name of Pāpan·kara.”
• married with The king’s wife, mother of Ksheman·kara and Pāpan·kara (Chapter 018) “Some time afterwards his wife became with child”

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