Mahākarṇa

Family: Videha · Role: Brahman; lover of the learned Brahman’s wife · First appears: Chapter VIII

Life events

• Mahaushadha recovered the learned Brahman’s stolen gold from Mahākarṇa and returned it.(Chapter VIII)
  • With: the learned Brahman who returned with gold (Chapter 8) the learned Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8) Mahaushadha
  • “Mahākarṇa was so terrified that he begged for mercy with a contrite heart, promising to repay all. Going home, he fetched the money, tied up just as it had been, and handed it over to Mahaushadha, who gave it to the Brahman.”

Chapter VIII

• with the learned Brahman’s wife (Chapter 8) (Ongoing extramarital affair.) “Now the wife had a lover, the Brahman Mahākarṇa (Great Ear).”

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