Mukhara

Role: jackal · First appears: Chapter XXXIV

Life events

• Mukhara divided the catch into three parts, took the middle part, and went off with it.(Chapter XXXIV)
  • With: The first otter (Chapter 034) The second otter (Chapter 034)
  • “So Mukhara divided the heap into three parts, one containing the heads of the fish, and another their tails, and the third the rest of their bodies. And he uttered this verse:— ‘The goer on land receives the tails, and the goer into the depths the heads; he who is conversant with the law receives the middle parts.’ Moreover, Mukhara said to himself, ‘Having deluded these two, I will secure the booty.’ So he seized the middle part of a large fish, and went off to his mother.”

Chapter XXXIV

• parent: Mukhara’s mother (Chapter 034) “Moreover, Mukhara said to himself, ‘Having deluded these two, I will secure the booty.’ So he seized the middle part of a large fish, and went off to his mother. She joyfully addressed him in a śloka.”

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