Panchāla — Minor Figures

4 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.

Charaka

parrot and spy of Mahaushadha · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · admired: the maina in the palace of Panchāla (Chapter 8) “Will not you, O good one, be my wife?”
• Chapter VIII · guardian: Mahaushadha “‘O king,’ said Mahaushadha, ‘be at ease. I have a parrot called Charaka, who is clever and honest. Him will I send.’”

the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)

wife of the Purohita · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · parent: Bahvannapāna “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• Chapter VIII · married with the Purohita (Chapter 8) “Then he said to his wife, ‘Have this cock cooked immediately. I will eat it when I come back from the king’s palace.’”

the king of Panchāla’s unnamed chief wife (Chapter 8)

queen · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · parent: the king of Panchāla (Chapter 8) “The king took this to heart and behaved accordingly, and the whole party, with heads shorn like pestles, proceeded to the abode of the deity”

the maina in the palace of Panchāla (Chapter 8)

bird in the palace; converses with Charaka · first appears Chapter VIII

• Chapter VIII · admirer: Charaka “Will not you, O good one, be my wife?”

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