Videha — Minor Figures

13 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.

Annapāna’s unnamed mother (Chapter 8)

first queen of Janaka · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · child: Annapāna “He took unto himself a beautiful spouse, who bore him a son, to whom, as food and drink were abundant in the land, the name of Annapāna [Food-Drink] was given.”
• Chapter VIII · married with Janaka “He took unto himself a beautiful spouse, who bore him a son, to whom, as food and drink were abundant in the land, the name of Annapāna [Food-Drink] was given.”

Rājyābhinanda

son of Janaka · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · parent: Janaka “A son was born, to whom the name of Rājyābhinanda was given, on account of the longing for royal power which had been entertained even before his birth.”
• Chapter VIII · parent: the daughter of the king of Aparāntaka (Chapter 8) “A son was born, to whom the name of Rājyābhinanda was given, on account of the longing for royal power which had been entertained even before his birth.”

the daughter of Janaka (Chapter 8)

wife of Mahaushadha · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · married with Janaka “King Janaka was so highly pleased that he gave his daughter in marriage to Mahaushadha, who lived with her happily.”

the king’s wife whose necklace was lost (Chapter 8)

one of Janaka’s wives · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · married with Janaka “One of them took off a string of pearls worth a hundred thousand pieces of money and hung it on a spray of an aśoka tree.”

the parrot Māṭhara (Chapter 8)

parrot · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · mentor: Mahaushadha “Mahaushadha saw them going thither, and reflected that, as they had gone somewhere as if by common consent, they probably had in hand something never seen before. Having suspected this, he sent the parrot Māṭhara after them, in order that it might find out what they were about, what they said and did.”

King Virūḍhaka

king · first appears Chapter VI

• Chapter VI · subordinate: Śakala “He had five hundred ministers, with Śakala at their head, and through his chief minister Śakala he ruled in accordance with the law, and transacted business according to justice.”

Śakala’s unnamed wife (Chapter 006)

wife of Śakala · first appears Chapter VI

• Chapter VI · married with Śakala “After Śakala had taken to himself a wife of his own degree, and had lived with her, there was born unto him a son, to whom, on the twenty-first day after his birth, the name of Gopāla was given.”

the learned Brahman who is Udumbarikā’s father (Chapter 8)

father of Udumbarikā · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · child: Udumbarikā “It happened that there was born unto a very learned Brahman in the land of Videha a very beautiful daughter, whom he determined he would give in marriage to him only who equalled himself in acuteness and knowledge. She received the name of Udumbarikā.”

the father of Virūpa (Chapter 8)

Brahman · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · child: Virūpa “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.”

the mother of Virūpa (Chapter 8)

mother · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · child: Virūpa “On account of his ugliness his parents, at the time of his birth, gave him the name of Virūpa.”

Mahākarṇa

Brahman; lover of the learned Brahman’s wife · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · with the learned Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8) “Now the wife had a lover, the Brahman Mahākarṇa (Great Ear).”

the learned Brahman who returned with gold (Chapter 8)

husband whose money was stolen · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · married with the learned Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8) “Now a very learned Brahman had gone abroad in order to increase his property, after he and his wife had spent all that she had brought along with her;”

the learned Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8)

wife and lover of Mahākarṇa · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · married with the learned Brahman who returned with gold (Chapter 8) “Now a very learned Brahman had gone abroad in order to increase his property, after he and his wife had spent all that she had brought along with her;”
• Chapter VIII · with Mahākarṇa “Now the wife had a lover, the Brahman Mahākarṇa (Great Ear).”

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