Pañcālacaṇḍa3
PersonA previous birth of Kuṇāla, in which, as chaplain to King Kaṇḍari of Bārāṇasī, he interceded to save the queen Kinnarā from execution after her affair with a cripple was discovered.
A former birth of Kuṇāla. He was the chaplain of Kaṇḍari, king of Bārāṇasī, and helped the king in discovering the love intrigues of his queen, Kinnarā, with a misshapen cripple. When Kaṇḍari wished to have the queen beheaded, Pañcālacaṇḍa interceded on her behalf and convinced the king, by recalling to his mind several experiences they had lived through together, that the queen’s sin was due to her nature as a woman. J.v.437 ff.
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