In the text, “The Red Lotus of Chastity” from the passage The Tales of Ancient India, there is an excerpt that I would like to focus on. This excerpt is talking about a rich merchant named Dhanadatta, whom had no sons with any of his wives. He wanted a son so he did something to try and change that, the Brahmans said, “long ago there was a king who had no son’s…He caused a special sacrifice for a son to be preformed, and a son was born to him (pg. 103, “The Red Lotus of Chastity”, The Tales of Ancient India).” Dhanadatta wanted to go through this sacrifice so that he could have a son. He received a son and he named him
In the text, “The Red Lotus of Chastity” from the passage The Tales of Ancient India, there is an excerpt that I would like to focus on. This excerpt is talking about a rich merchant named Dhanadatta, whom had no sons with any of his wives. He wanted a son so he did something to try and change that, the Brahmans said, “long ago there was a king who had no son’s…He caused a special sacrifice for a son to be preformed, and a son was born to him (pg. 103, “The Red Lotus of Chastity”, The Tales of Ancient India).” Dhanadatta wanted to go through this sacrifice so that he could have a son. He received a son and he named him