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kaibutsushidousha · 4 months

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What’s the name of the Indian Tamamo that Tamamo cat mentions and is she connected to any of the current Indian servants?

That'd be Madame Kayo, wife of Kalmasapada the Freckle-Feeted King. And no, she's not connected to anyone other than her fellow Tamamos. Kalmasapada's story is pretty self-contained.

"Kayo? That name sounds a lot more Japanese than Indian." Excellent point, imaginary commenter. Madame Kayo's myth is Japanese-original.

Tamamo and Daji had already established the trend of when a king is absurdly bad, his political failings get blamed on the evil influence of his super hot wife who is a fox in disguise, so when the tale of super awful king Kalmasapada of Magadha was transmitted to Japan, the Japanese edition decided to add the fox wife trope to his myth, thus creating the character of Kayo.

Kalmasapada's story is that after inheriting the throne of Magadha, he became a faithful follower of an evil religion and swore to unify India by offering the heads of 1000 kings to his unidentified evil god. 999 kings later, he captures Samantavidyaraja (king not mentioned in any other story as far as I know) to be the 1000th sacrifice, but Samantavidyaraja explains the Buddhist truth to him and he becomes a monk.

The Japanese retelling of his story introduces the nine-tailed fox both in her usual role as his corrupting sexy wife and also makes her fox form the nameless evil god that he worshipped.

Side note: In all versions of the myth, Kalmasapada is born because his father finds a lioness in the mountains and has sex with her, so some versions like to exploit his lion lineage to make him more evil by adding that his favorite food is human flesh, which he always procures through cruel and unethical means.

#tamamo no mae #daji

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antoniowisesa · 4 years

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Salvation

an illustration i made for a picture book, Sutasoma

published by Ehipassiko Foundation, written by Yin Natadhita & Handaka Vijjananda

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harinamashram · 3 years

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Canto 9 “Liberación”. Capítulos 7, 8 y 9: “Los descendientes del rey Mandhata”. “Los hijos de Sagara encuentran al Señor Kapiladev”. “La dinastía de Amshuman”. La sorprendente muerte de los 60.000 hijos de Sagara por el poder de Kapiladev. La historia de Kalmasapada y su mujer casta

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netbreakingnews9 · 3 years

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Story Of Sage Parashara In Hinduism

Sage Parashara, who is credited with the famous Parasara Samhita, is the father of Sage Veda Vyasa. The story of the birth of the Sage is very interesting. Sage Parashara was the son of Sage Shakti and his wife Adrsyanti. Sage Shakti was the son of Sage Vasishta. Legend has it that once a king named Kalmasapada met Sage Shakti in the forest on a narrow path. False pride made both of them not…

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antoniowisesa · 4 years

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Kalmasapada’s Domain

an illustration i made for a picture book, Sutasoma

published by Ehipassiko Foundation, written by Yin Natadhita & Handaka Vijjananda

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netbreakingnews9 · 3 years

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Story Of Sage Parashara In Hinduism

Sage Parashara, who is credited with the famous Parasara Samhita, is the father of Sage Veda Vyasa. The story of the birth of the Sage is very interesting. Sage Parashara was the son of Sage Shakti and his wife Adrsyanti. Sage Shakti was the son of Sage Vasishta. Legend has it that once a king named Kalmasapada met Sage Shakti in the forest on a narrow path. False pride made both of them not…

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netbreakingnews9 · 3 years

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Story Of Sage Parashara In Hinduism

Sage Parashara, who is credited with the famous Parasara Samhita, is the father of Sage Veda Vyasa. The story of the birth of the Sage is very interesting. Sage Parashara was the son of Sage Shakti and his wife Adrsyanti. Sage Shakti was the son of Sage Vasishta. Legend has it that once a king named Kalmasapada met Sage Shakti in the forest on a narrow path. False pride made both of them not…

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netbreakingnews9 · 3 years

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Story Of Sage Parashara In Hinduism

Sage Parashara, who is credited with the famous Parasara Samhita, is the father of Sage Veda Vyasa. The story of the birth of the Sage is very interesting. Sage Parashara was the son of Sage Shakti and his wife Adrsyanti. Sage Shakti was the son of Sage Vasishta. Legend has it that once a king named Kalmasapada met Sage Shakti in the forest on a narrow path. False pride made both of them not…

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netbreakingnews9 · 3 years

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Story Of Sage Parashara In Hinduism

Sage Parashara, who is credited with the famous Parasara Samhita, is the father of Sage Veda Vyasa. The story of the birth of the Sage is very interesting. Sage Parashara was the son of Sage Shakti and his wife Adrsyanti. Sage Shakti was the son of Sage Vasishta. Legend has it that once a king named Kalmasapada met Sage Shakti in the forest on a narrow path. False pride made both of them not…

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