The merchant's wife who became Suparṇa's wife (Chapter 012)

Role: wife · First appears: Chapter XII

In Chapter XII, the merchant’s wife escaped on a plank after a sea-monster upset her husband’s ship and he perished. The wind drove her to Kaśerudvīpa, where the bird-king Suparṇa made her his wife. She bore him first a very beautiful boy, then a young bird son.

Relationship record

Life events

• The merchant perished when a sea-monster upset his ship, while his wife escaped.(Chapter XII · 📍 Vārāṇasī)
  • With: The merchant who married in Vārāṇasī (Chapter 012)
  • “While they were on the voyage their ship was upset by a sea-monster. The husband perished, but the wife escaped on a plank”
• Suparṇa made the merchant's wife his wife.(Chapter XII · 📍 Kaśerudvīpa)
  • With: Suparṇa
  • “was driven by the wind to Kaśerudvīpa, where dwelt the bird-king Suparṇa, who made her his wife.”
• The merchant's wife bore Suparṇa a very beautiful boy.(Chapter XII)
  • With: The merchant's wife's unnamed first son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012)
  • “She bare him first a very beautiful boy”
• The merchant's wife bore Suparṇa a young bird son.(Chapter XII)
  • With: The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012)
  • “and then a young bird Suparṇa”

Chapter XII

• married with The merchant who married in Vārāṇasī (Chapter 012) “A merchant who had married in Vārāṇasī determined to go to sea again with merchandise.”
• married with Suparṇa “The husband perished, but the wife escaped on a plank, and was driven by the wind to Kaśerudvīpa, where dwelt the bird-king Suparṇa, who made her his wife.”
• child: The merchant's wife's unnamed first son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) “She bare him first a very beautiful boy, and then a young bird Suparṇa”
• child: The merchant's wife's unnamed younger bird son by Suparṇa (Chapter 012) “She bare him first a very beautiful boy, and then a young bird Suparṇa”

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