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Ajātaśatru (Kūṇika)

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 184, 315, 763. | work record
Label Ajātaśatru (Kūṇika), king of Magadha, son of Bimbisāra (Śreṇika, king of Magadha, at the time of Buddha and Mahāvīra), father of Udāyi (about Vīra 1-60)
Generic Name
  1. Ajātaśatru (Kūṇika)
Variants
  1. Kūṇika (Generic Name)
  2. Bibbhisāraputte (Generic Name)
  3. Koṇika (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 184. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 315. | work record
  3. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 321. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Householder male (gṛhastha)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Occupation Social Position
  1. King / Ruler (rāja)
Marital Status
  1. Married (vivāhita)
Family Relationships
  1. Son of: Śreṇika (Bimbisāra), king of Magadha, at the time of the Buddha and Mahāvīra, disciple of Mahāvīra (c. Vi.Saṃ. - 542 to -470)
  2. Son of: Cellanā, wife of Bimbisāra (Śreṇika)
  3. Son: Udāyi, King of Pātalīputra, reigned 60 Vira, son of Ajātaśatru, killed by Nanda

Sources

  1. Jacobi, Hermann (1879), p Introduction p. 2. | work record
  2. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), p Introduction p. XV. | work record
  3. Prabhācandra (1277), VI, . | work record
  4. Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 184, 763. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254. | work record
  6. Jacobi, Hermann (1884), pp Introduction, p. XV. | work record
  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 252, line 18. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 0 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -527
  2. Consecration of a leader with a fillet (paṭṭābhiṣeka)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 252. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254, line 5. | work record
Roles
  1. Successor (uttarādhikārī) of: Śreṇika (Bimbisāra), king of Magadha, at the time of the Buddha and Mahāvīra, disciple of Mahāvīra (c. Vi.Saṃ. - 542 to -470)
    Event: Consecration of a leader with a fillet (paṭṭābhiṣeka)
    Location: Magadha Magadha
  2. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Udāyi, King of Pātalīputra, reigned 60 Vira, son of Ajātaśatru, killed by Nanda
    Location: Magadha Magadha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254, line 5. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254, line 5. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Ajātaśatru (Kūṇika)

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