Khemaka3
PersonAlso known as Khema, Khemanesāda
Ein Vogelfänger, gleichgesetzt mit Channa, der auf Wunsch von König Seyya einen goldenen Schwan vom Berg Cittakūṭa fing, wie im Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka erzählt
The name given to the fowler who caught the golden swan from Cittakūṭa, at the request of King Seyya (v.l. Saṃyama), as narrated in the Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka (q.v.) Khemaka received his name from the lake Khema, of which he was in charge. He is identified with Channa (J.v.356 ff).
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