Ghritachi

Ghritachi is a nymph and the wife of Kuśanábha. Her place in the narrative is established through her family: she bears a hundred daughters, whose beauty receives the passage’s explicit emphasis.

Identity and Marriage

Ghritachi is described as a queen and as a particularly fair nymph. She is married to Kuśanábha, a relationship that anchors her brief appearance in the account of their daughters.

Mother of a Hundred Daughters

The passage identifies Ghritachi as the mother of one hundred daughters. It presents them as lovely-faced and endowed with beauty, making their number and appearance the central details associated with her.

Narrative Role

Ghritachi is introduced through lineage rather than through an independent sequence of actions. The account connects her identity as a nymph and wife to the large family she bears, while its description of the daughters’ beauty supplies the defining detail of her appearance in the narrative.