[INDOLOGY] hermaphrodite king as an evil omen

[Jonathan Silk]

The terms, perhaps I should specify, in the Skt sources are variously found
as paṇḍaka and vikalendriya.

Jonathan

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei at uchicago.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Jonathan,
>
> I do not know of the hermaphrodite part, but otherwise the prophecy of the
> monkey will indeed be
> fulfilled in Washington next week.
>
> best regards,
> Matthew
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études,
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
>
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> Subject: [INDOLOGY] hermaphrodite king as an evil omen
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> This may be something well known, but...
> I am working now on a set of prophecies of the evil to beset the Buddhist
> community after the Buddha's death. These (they are relatively well known)
> are cast as dreams of King Kṛkin, who lived in the distant past, and whose
> dreams were interpreted by the Buddha Kāśyapa (some sources say this was
> his son!) as pertaining to his far future, namely, our time, more or less.
> Anyway, one of the dreams is that a monkey will be consecrated as king,
> which is interpreted to mean that a hermaphrodite will be consecrated king.
> I've looked (sort of, not exactly sure even how to look for this!) to see
> whether this is considered a sign of decline, but I've come up empty.
> Probably i'm just looking in the wrong place... but one of you śiṣṭas must
> know...?
>
> thanks!  jonathan
>
> --
> J. Silk
> Leiden University
> Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, LIAS
> Matthias de Vrieshof 3, Room 0.05b
> 2311 BZ Leiden
> The Netherlands
>
> copies of my publications may be found at
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>



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J. Silk
Leiden University
Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, LIAS
Matthias de Vrieshof 3, Room 0.05b
2311 BZ Leiden
The Netherlands

copies of my publications may be found at
http://www.buddhismandsocialjustice.com/silk_publications.html


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