Studien zur alttürkischen Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā (3) Die Erzählung vom Muttermörder Kāmapriya
Studies on Old Turkish Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā (3) The story of matricide Kāmapriya

Summary/Abstract: In the present article fourteen fragments of the cycle of stories Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā in Old Turkic which are housed in Berlin and St. Petersburg are identified as belonging to a story which was formerly unknown in Turkic literature but can now be related to several parallel versions in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist works. Whereas the overall story in the Avadāna is similar to the other versions, the Old Turkic legend shows several unique features. The main character Kāmapriya, who has killed his own mother, tries to annihilate his misdeed by entering the Buddhist community but is subsequently discovered by a young arhat who possesses the “eye of meditation”.

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