the Purohita (Chapter 8)

Family: Videha · Role: priest; husband of Annapāna’s widow · First appears: Chapter VIII

After Annapāna fell ill and died, the king gave his daughter and her son, Bahvannapāna, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily. One day, while the boy’s mother was absent, Bahvannapāna ate the head of a cock the Purohita had reserved for himself. After an omen identified the eater as a future king, the Purohita determined to put Bahvannapāna to death.

Relationship record

Life events

• After Annapāna died, the king gave his daughter and Bahvannapāna to the Purohita.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Annapāna the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) Bahvannapāna
  • “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• Bahvannapāna ate the cock’s head that the Purohita had reserved for himself.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Bahvannapāna the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
  • “In his mother’s absence he looked about, and saw the cock in a saucepan with its head uppermost. So he cut off the head and ate it.”
• After an omen identified the cock-head eater as a future king, the Purohita planned to kill Bahvannapāna.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: Bahvannapāna the Purohita’s unnamed wife (Chapter 8)
  • “Therefore the Purohita determined to put the boy to death.”

Chapter VIII

• ward: the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• married with the daughter of the king of Panchāla who married Annapāna (Chapter 8) “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• guardian: Bahvannapāna “Annapāna fell ill and died, and the king gave his daughter, along with her son, to the Purohita, with whom she lived happily.”
• married with the Purohita’s unnamed wife (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.’”

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