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Overview
In the chapter’s account of the Bodisat’s early life, the prince is brought to honour the Śākya deity, the Yaksha Śākyavardha. Instead, the deity receives him with reverence, explaining the names Śākyamuni and Devātideva within this telling. No visible anatomy, weapon, mount or hostile encounter is described. The episode is reported within the actor’s request for material about the Buddha’s life; it is a sacred literary witness rather than an independently verified event.
Origins & earliest records
Indian Buddhist narrative preserved in Tibetan translation
Records & interpretation
Whole chapter and its footnotes directly read in the digitized1906 edition.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources
XIII, The Over-reached Actor, pp. 236–246, especially p. 242; note cites Kah-gyur vii. ff. 221–229
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Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources — XIII The Over-reached Actor
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. Complete selected XIII236–246 and XV253–256 with notes independently read; no independent Tibetan/German collation or whole introductory-book claim.
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Schiefner/Ralston, Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources (London, 1906)
XIII, The Over-reached Actor. XIII, The Over-reached Actor, pp. 236–246, especially p. 242; note cites Kah-gyur vii. ff. 221–229
Complete chapter and all notes read. Translation’s canonical locator retained; original Tibetan not independently inspected. Actual endings, explicit identities and comparative material kept separate, with no death/kinship/anatomy inferred beyond the telling.
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. Complete selected XIII236–246 and XV253–256 with notes independently read; no independent Tibetan/German collation or whole introductory-book claim.
- Within the actor’s proposed account of the Buddha’s life, the infant prince is taken to honour the Śākya deity, Yaksha Śākyavardha. The deity instead receives him reverentially. The passage connects the reversed act of homage with the names Śākyamuni and Devātideva. The narrator’s theatrical setting makes this a reported life episode within a larger narrative, not an independently inspected Abhinishkramaṇa manuscript.
German-mediated English rendering and embedded reported biographies; original Tibetan texts and footnoted alternative works not collated. Page labels from transcription. No vow, religious formula, ritual instruction, medical preparation or verse copied.
References
Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.
- Historical translation of Buddhist narrativeSchiefner/Ralston, Tibetan Tales (1906), XIII, The Over-reached Actor, pp. 236–246, especially p. 242; note cites Kah-gyur vii. ff. 221–229Research access: 2026-10-05
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