the young wife of the old Brahman (Chapter 8)

Role: wife of the old Brahman · First appears: Chapter VIII

In Chapter VIII, the young wife travelled with the old Brahman, her husband, toward another country. After the Brahman came back, Mahaushadha exposed the rogue’s abduction of her and ordered him punished. The rogue had urged her to “Take me as your husband,” and told her to claim before the assembly, “This man is my husband.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Mahaushadha exposed the rogue’s abduction and ordered him punished and branded.(Chapter VIII · 📍 the forest)
  • With: Mahaushadha the old Brahman who travelled with his young wife (Chapter 8) the rogue who carried off the Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8)
  • “As Mahaushadha now perceived that the rogue had deluded and carried off the Brahman’s wife, he gave orders that he should be chastised by blows from sticks and fists, and that he should then be set fast up to the neck in a hole”

Chapter VIII

• married with the old Brahman who travelled with his young wife (Chapter 8) “There came along the road an old Brahman with his young wife, on their way to another country.”
• with the rogue who carried off the Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8) (He seeks to establish himself as her husband, but the passage later establishes that she is the old Brahman’s wife.) “Take me as your husband, and we will live together. Should the old Brahman put in a claim for you, then say to the great assembly, ‘This man is my husband.’”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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