# The Pilgrim Kamanita — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Pilgrim Kamanita by Karl Gjellerup.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/epigraph.md): A single line from Byron's Don Juan serves as the epigraph, suggesting that the story to follow transcends conventional storytelling.
- [The Pilgrim Kamanita](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/the-pilgrim-kamanita.md): The chapter introduces the legendary romance of the pilgrim Kamanita, setting the stage for his spiritual journey and encounters.
- [The Lord Buddha Revisits the City of the Five Hills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/i-the-lord-buddha-revisits-the-city-of-the-five-hills.md): The Buddha, nearing the end of his earthly life, returns to Rajagriha and reflects on his past struggles and spiritual journey. He bids farewell to the beloved city and decides to avoid the noisy monastery, seeking solit
- [II: The Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/ii-the-meeting.md): The Buddha, on his alms round, passes by houses of fowlers, quarrelers, revellers, and butchers, rejecting each as impure, until he arrives at a potter's house where a young pilgrim (Kamanita) is already staying. The Bud
- [To the Banks of the Gunga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/iii-to-the-banks-of-the-gunga.md): Kamanita recounts his youth in Ujjeni, his education, and his first merchant journey to Kosambi in the train of an embassy. He describes the awe-inspiring sight of the confluence of the Jumna and Gunga rivers, the majest

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- [IV: The Maiden Ballplayer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/iv-the-maiden-ballplayer.md)
- [The Magic Portrait](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/v-the-magic-portrait.md)
- [On the Terrace of the Sorrowless](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/vi-on-the-terrace-of-the-sorrowless.md)
- [VII: In the Ravine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/vii-in-the-ravine.md)
- [The Paradise Bud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/viii-the-paradise-bud.md)
- [Under the Constellation of the Robbers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/ix-under-the-constellation-of-the-robbers.md)
- [X: Esoteric Doctrine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/x-esoteric-doctrine.md)
- [XI: The Elephant's Trunk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xi-the-elephant-s-trunk.md)
- [At the Grave of the Holy Vajaçravas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xii-at-the-grave-of-the-holy-vaja-ravas.md)
- [XIII: The Boon Companion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xiii-the-boon-companion.md)
- [XIV: The Husband](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xiv-the-husband.md)
- [XV: The Bald-Pated Monk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xv-the-bald-pated-monk.md)
- [XVI: Ready for Action](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xvi-ready-for-action.md)
- [XVII: To Homelessness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xvii-to-homelessness.md)
- [In the Hall of the Potter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xviii-in-the-hall-of-the-potter.md)
- [XIX: The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xix-the-master.md)
- [XX: The Unreasonable Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xx-the-unreasonable-child.md)
- [In Mid Career](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxi-in-mid-career.md)
- [In the Paradise of the West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxii-in-the-paradise-of-the-west.md)
- [XXIII: The Roundelay of the Blest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxiii-the-roundelay-of-the-blest.md)
- [The Coral Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxiv-the-coral-tree.md)
- [XXV: The Bud of the Lotus Opens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxv-the-bud-of-the-lotus-opens.md)
- [The Chain with the Tiger-Eye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxvi-the-chain-with-the-tiger-eye.md)
- [XXVII: The Rite of Truth (Saccakiriya)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxvii-the-rite-of-truth-saccakiriya.md)
- [On the Shores of the Heavenly Gunga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxviii-on-the-shores-of-the-heavenly-gunga.md)
- [XXIX: Amid the Sweets of the Coral Blossom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxix-amid-the-sweets-of-the-coral-blossom.md)
- [To Be Born Is to Die](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxx-to-be-born-is-to-die.md)
- [XXXI: The Apparition on the Terrace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxi-the-apparition-on-the-terrace.md)
- [Satagira](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxii-satagira.md)
- [Angulimala](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxiii-angulimala.md)
- [The Hell of Spears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-hell-of-spears.md)
- [A Pure Offering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxv-a-pure-offering.md)
- [Buddha and Krishna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxvi-buddha-and-krishna.md)
- [The Blossoms of Paradise Wither](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-blossoms-of-paradise-wither.md)
- [In the Kingdom of the Hundred-Thousandfold Brahma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxviii-in-the-kingdom-of-the-hundred-thousandfold-brahma.md)
- [XXXIX: The Dusk of the Worlds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xxxix-the-dusk-of-the-worlds.md)
- [In the Grove of Krishna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xl-in-the-grove-of-krishna.md)
- [The Simple Motto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xli-the-simple-motto.md)
- [XLII: The Sick Nun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xlii-the-sick-nun.md)
- [XLIII: The Passing of the Perfect One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xliii-the-passing-of-the-perfect-one.md)
- [XLIV: Vasitthi’s Bequest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xliv-vasitthi-s-bequest.md)
- [Night and Morning in the Spheres](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/xlv-night-and-morning-in-the-spheres.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pilgrim_kamanita_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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