Other Figures — Minor Figures
164 figures from Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Gautama’s unnamed wife (Chapter 011)
wife · first appears Chapter XI
- Chapter XI · child: Kṛiśā Gautamī “her parents’ house, in order that she might there be cared for by her mother.”
The caravan-leader from the north (Chapter 011)
caravan-leader · first appears Chapter XI
- Chapter XI · married with Kṛiśā Gautamī “The caravan-leader made her his wife.”
The king of the country where the robber chief was killed (Chapter 011)
king · first appears Chapter XI
- Chapter XI · with Kṛiśā Gautamī “Kṛiśā Gautamī was transferred to the king’s zenana.”
The robber chief (Chapter 011)
robber chief · first appears Chapter XI
- Chapter XI · married with Kṛiśā Gautamī “Kṛiśā Gautamī became the wife of the robber chief.”
The young weaver (Chapter 011)
weaver · first appears Chapter XI
- Chapter XI · married with Kṛiśā Gautamī “yet at last she gave in, and the marriage took place.”
- Chapter XI · child: The son of Kṛiśā Gautamī and the weaver (Chapter 011) “she joyfully told him of the birth of their son.”
Āyushmant Maudgalyāyana
teacher · first appears Chapter X
- Chapter X · pupil: Utpalavarṇā “And by the words which he spoke was Utpalavarṇā so affected that she besought him to instruct her in the doctrine. He did so, and she recognised the four truths.”
Pūrṇa
village head-man; father of Mahaushadha · first appears Chapter VIII
- Chapter VIII · child: Mahaushadha “In his own country, in the hill-village Pūrṇakatshtshha, a son named Mahaushadha was about to be born to the head-man, Pūrṇa.”
- Chapter VIII · married with the mother of Mahaushadha (Chapter 8) “The father replied that he was not sure that the king did not mean to punish him, the demand being of such an unheard of kind.”
The fisherman’s daughter (Chapter 017)
newborn girl exchanged with Dharmikā’s son · first appears Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVII · parent: The fisherman’s wife (Chapter 017) “That same day a fisherman’s wife gave birth to a girl.”
- Chapter XVII · siblings with The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) “Immediately after the confinement Goshṭhila, who had gained over the fisherman’s wife with money, exchanged the children, and told the king that Dharmikā had been delivered of a girl.”
The fisherman’s wife (Chapter 017)
fisherman’s wife and foster mother of the poet fisher-lad · first appears Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVII · child: The fisherman’s daughter (Chapter 017) “That same day a fisherman’s wife gave birth to a girl.”
- Chapter XVII · ward: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) “The boy was suckled and brought up by the fisherwoman.”