Amarā, (1) (1790)

Amarā, (1)
Entry 1790, Page 62, Col. 2

(amarA, amarA)
Amarā, (1)¦ n. of a smith's daughter (= later Yaśo- dharā), who married Mahauṣadha; heroine of a Jātaka which = the Pali Sūci-j., No. 387: Mv ii.83.19 ff.; colo- phon 89.11 Amarāye karmāradhītāye jātakam. In the Sūci-j. the characters are unnamed; but (Pali) Mahosadha [Page063-a+ 71] is the hero of the Mahāummagga-j., No. 546, and Amarā is his wife. This has misled both CPD and DPPN into identifying this Pali Jātaka with the story of Mv. Actually the stories are quite different, and Mv agrees with the Sūci-j., which, to be sure, acc. to the Story of the Present, belongs to the same occasion as the Mahāummagga; hence doubtless the transfer of the names of the hero and heroine from one to the other. Which was the original? (2) n. of a river: Māy 253.6; in a list between Viśvāmitrā and Tāmarā; not in Kirfel; perhaps read Amalā? (but this also is not recorded as a river-name).

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