Khemaka3
PersonAlso known as Khema, Khemanesāda
Un oiseleur, identifié à Channa, qui captura un cygne d’or venu du mont Cittakūṭa à la demande du roi Seyya, comme le raconte le Mahāhaṃsa Jātaka
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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