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Overview
Divaukasa runs before Māndhātar and brings the throne and scattered jewels needed for his coronation. He subsequently answers the king’s questions about unconquered continents and the world above them. He identifies Uttarakuru’s uncultivated rice and clothing-bearing wishing trees, then directs attention to the heaven of the thirty-three gods, its divine trees and assembly hall.
The translation explicitly calls him a yaksha, while describing his office and knowledge rather than an animalized body. His guidance helps structure the king’s successive journeys. No horns, giant stature, fangs or personal relationship beyond this attendant role is supplied.
Origins & earliest records
Indian Buddhist narrative preserved in Tibetan translation
Records & interpretation
Complete chapter I, King Māndhātar and footnotes directly read in the digitized 1906 edition.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources
I, King Māndhātar, pp. 3–14; chapter footnote cites Kah-gyur vol. ii, pp. 169–180
- 02
Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources — I King Māndhātar
Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1906, title-page transcription independently checked. Tibetan Kah-gyur to German by F. Anton von Schiefner, then German to English by W.R.S.Ralston. CompleteI1–20 and all source/translation notes independently read, from crown birth through deathbed teaching and cosmological time computation. Tibetan/Sanskrit/German originals not collated.
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Schiefner/Ralston, Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources (London, 1906)
I, King Māndhātar. pp. 3–14
Entire relevant chapter and footnotes read. Edition cites Kah-gyur vol. ii, pp. 169–180; original Tibetan not independently checked. Original paraphrase, historical text public domain in the United States.
Located primary passages
Specific passages supporting details in this entry, grouped by their published witness.
Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources
Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1906, title-page transcription independently checked. Tibetan Kah-gyur to German by F. Anton von Schiefner, then German to English by W.R.S.Ralston. CompleteI1–20 and all source/translation notes independently read, from crown birth through deathbed teaching and cosmological time computation. Tibetan/Sanskrit/German originals not collated.
- The runner Yaksha Divaukasa brings Māndhātar’s throne and jewel-strewing when the prince refuses to travel for coronation. Asked about unconquered regions, he names successive destinations and explains self-grown rice, garment-bearing wishing trees and the gods’ meeting place. After the terrestrial regions are exhausted he directs attention to the thirty-three gods. His guide role contributes to the king’s widening ambitions, but the desire to displace Śakra is explicitly the king’s own thought.
German-mediated historical translation; cited Sanskrit gaps and comparative recensions are editorial reports, not newly collated manuscripts. Page markers from transcription. Religious cosmology, conquest and extraordinary births remain narrative claims. No ritual, sacrificial formula, devotional verse or modern adaptation copied.
References
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- Historical translation of Buddhist narrativeSchiefner/Ralston, Tibetan Tales (1906), I, King Māndhātar, pp. 3–14Research access: 2026-10-05
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