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Śreṇika (Bimbisāra)

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Klatt, Johannes (2016), pp 184, 199, 623, 763, 843. | work record
Label Śreṇika (Bimbisāra), king of Magadha, at the time of the Buddha and Mahāvīra, disciple of Mahāvīra (c. Vi.Saṃ. - 542 to -470)
Generic Name
  1. Śreṇika (Bimbisāra)
Variants
  1. Bhambhāsāra (Generic Name)
  2. Bhasmāsāra (Generic Name)
  3. Bimbisāra (Generic Name)
  4. Bimbisāra (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 633. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 843. | work record
  3. Śrīsāra, Muni (1630). | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254. | work record
Religious Status
  1. Householder male (gṛhastha)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Occupation Social Position
  1. King / Ruler (rāja)
Family Name
  1. unknown
Lineage
  1. Haryaṅka (Haryaṅka)
Social Class
  1. Kṣatriya (Kṣatriya)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Buddhist (Bauddha){R}
  2. Jaina (Jaina){R}

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 623. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254. | work record
Marital Status
  1. Married (vivāhita)
Family Relationships
  1. Cousin of: Mahāvīra (Vardhamāna, Vīra), 599-527 BC († 0 Vīra = Vi.Saṃ.-470), Tīrthaṃkara
  2. Son: 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)
  3. Son: Abhayakumāra, son and mantrin of Śreṇika (Bimbisāra, king of Magadha)
  4. Wife: Cellanā, wife of Bimbisāra (Śreṇika)
  5. Son: Nandiṣeṇa, muni, son of king Śreṇika (king of Magadha at the time of the Buddha and Mahāvīra), pupil of Mahāvīra
  6. Father: Prasenajit, father of Śreṇika (Bimbisāra)

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 623. | work record
  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. Weber, Albrecht (-1883), p 265. | work record
  7. Weber, Albrecht (1888), p 386. | work record
  8. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 379. | work record
  9. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 526. | work record
  10. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 613. | work record
Events
  1. Residence (nivāsa)
    Location: Magadha
  2. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 0 Vīra saṃvat calendar (vīrasaṃvat)
    Gregorian dates: -527
    Location: Magadha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 623. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254. | work record
Roles
  1. Male lay disciple (śravaka) of: Mahāvīra (Vardhamāna, Vīra), 599-527 BC († 0 Vīra = Vi.Saṃ.-470), Tīrthaṃkara
  2. Minister (mantrin): Abhayakumāra, son and mantrin of Śreṇika (Bimbisāra, king of Magadha)
  3. Successor (uttarādhikārī): 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)
    Event: Consecration of a leader with a fillet (paṭṭābhiṣeka)
    Location: Magadha Magadha

Sources

  1. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 763. | work record
  2. Klatt, Johannes (2016), p 199. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 254, line 5. | work record
Visualisations
  1. View relationship network for Śreṇika (Bimbisāra)

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