the lion cub (Chapter 033, B)

Role: lion cub · First appears: Chapter XXXIII

In Chapter XXXIII, the lion cub was suckled by the tigress, who had first considered killing him but changed her mind so he could play with her own cub. The lioness and tigress then agreed to live together and care for both cubs, naming him Sudaṇshṭhra and the tiger cub Subāhu.

After a time, the lioness and tigress fell ill and urged the cubs, “O children, as ye have both sucked the same dugs, be ye brothers.” Later, the lion and tiger went out hunting together. When they discovered the jackal’s attempt to set them against each other, the lion killed him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The tigress suckled the wandering lion cub instead of killing it.(Chapter XXXIII)
  • With: the tigress (Chapter 033, B)
  • “When the tigress saw it, she was going to kill it, but she changed her mind, seeing that the young lion might be a playfellow for her own cub, and so she began to give it suck.”
• The lioness and tigress agreed to dwell together and care for each other's cubs.(Chapter XXXIII)
  • With: the lioness (Chapter 033, B) the tigress (Chapter 033, B) the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B)
  • “So they took to dwelling together, and they called the lion cub Sudaṇshṭhra, and the tiger cub Subāhu.”
• The lioness and tigress fell ill and, before dying, urged the cubs to remain brothers.(Chapter XXXIII)
  • With: the lioness (Chapter 033, B) the tigress (Chapter 033, B) the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B)
  • “After a time the lioness and the tigress fell ill, and when the time for their departure came, they said to the two young beasts, “O children, as ye have both sucked the same dugs, be ye brothers.”
• The lion and tiger began going out together to hunt.(Chapter XXXIII)
  • With: the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B)
  • “The lion said, ‘Let us go together.’ So they took to going out together.”
• The lion and tiger discovered the jackal's deceit, and the lion killed him.(Chapter XXXIII)
  • With: the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B) the jackal (Chapter 033, B)
  • “Then the lion thought, ‘This creature wanted to set us two at variance,’ and struck the jackal dead with a slap in the face.”

Chapter XXXIII

• siblings with the tiger cub (Chapter 033, B) “O children, as ye have both sucked the same dugs, be ye brothers.”
• parent: the lioness (Chapter 033, B) “In long-past times there lived in a forest a lioness with her cub and a tigress with her cub.”

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