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    Ajatashatru (redirect from Ajatasattu)
    Ajatasattu (Pāli Ajātasattu) or Ajatashatru (Sanskrit Ajātaśatru) in Buddhist tradition, or Kunika (Kūṇika) and Kuniya (Kūṇiya) in the Jain histories...
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    hostilities between Licchavi and Magadha continued under the rule of Ajātasattu, who was Bimbisāra's son with another Licchavika princess, Vāsavī, after...
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    of the Digha Nikaya in the Pali Tipitaka. According to the sutra, King Ajātasattu visited Gautama Buddha, who, at the time, was living in the mango grove...
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    defeated and killed by the Māgadhī king Ajātasattu. Alternatively, the Koliyas might have been conquered by Ajātasattu directly after fighting against Magadha...
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    against Ajātasattu by his younger brother and the governor of Aṅga, Vehalla, whom Bimbisāra had chosen as his successor following Ajātasattu's falling...
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    of Vesālī, following which Ajātasattu repeatedly attempted to negotiate with the Licchavikas-Vajjikas. After Ajātasattu's repeated negotiation attempts...
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    of Vesālī, following which Ajātasattu repeatedly attempted to negotiate with the Licchavikas-Vajjikas. After Ajātasattu's repeated negotiation attempts...
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    Nikaya. In terms of narrative, this discourse tells the story of King Ajātasattu, son and successor of King Bimbisara of Magadha, who posed the following...
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    of Vesālī, following which Ajātasattu repeatedly attempted to negotiate with the Licchavikas-Vajjikas. After Ajātasattu's repeated negotiation attempts...
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  • of Vesālī, following which Ajātasattu repeatedly attempted to negotiate with the Licchavikas-Vajjikas. After Ajātasattu's repeated negotiation attempts...
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  • the throne of Magadha. Eventually Licchavi supported a revolt against Ajātasattu by his younger step-brother and the Governor of Aṅga, Vehalla, who was...
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    when attacked by a drunk elephant set off by Devadatta (some says by Ajātasattu), as shown in several frescos and scripts.[citation needed] In Mahayana...
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    of Vesālī, following which Ajātasattu repeatedly attempted to negotiate with the Licchavikas-Vajjikas. After Ajātasattu's repeated negotiation attempts...
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  • consumed by paranoia that his son would kill him as prophesied. Prince Ajatasattu: Bimbisara's son, who is imprisoned in book 6 because he shot and almost...
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    they then enclosed within a stūpa in their capital of Pipphalivana. King Ajātasattu of Magadha annexed The Moriyas soon after he had annexed the Vajjika League...
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    conquest of the Vajjika League by Viḍūḍabha's relative, the Māgadhī king Ajātasattu, who, because he was the son of a Vajjika princess, was therefore interested...
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    had not transgressed against him personally, and Ajātasattu was still his nephew. He released Ajātasattu and did not harm him. Upon his return, the Buddha...
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    Devadatta is said to have convinced Prince Ajātasattu to murder his father King Bimbisāra and ascend the throne. Ajātasattu follows the advice, and this action...
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    Sakya might instead have had similar motivations to the Māgadhī king Ajātasattu's conquest of the Vajjika League because he was the son of a Vajjika princess...
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  • Sakya might instead have had similar motivations to the Māgadhī king Ajātasattu's conquest of the Vajjika League because he was the son of a Vajjika princess...
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  • killing an Arhat and shedding the blood of a Buddha. Devadatta, a monk, and Ajātasattu, king of Magadha, attempted to kill the Gautama Buddha. According to the...
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    Following Bimbisāra's son Ajātasattu's usurpation of the throne of Magadha after killing his father, and after Ajātasattu had started a policy of attacking...
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    finding here dates back to 600 BCE, and marks the ancient capital of Ajātasattu, Chandragupta and Ashoka, and collectively the relics range from four...
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    daughter, Princess Vajira, who was later married to Ajatashatru (Pali: Ajātasattu). He married his sister Kosala Devi to Bimbisara. By the time of Pasenadi...
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    to his throne. Kāśī later became a part of the empire of Magadha when Ajātasattu defeated Pasenadi's own usurper son, Viḍūḍabha, and annexed Kosala. Map...
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    Buddha into eight portions. These portions were distributed as follows: to Ajātasattu, king of Magadha; to the Licchavis of Vesāli; to the Sakyas of Kapilavastu;...
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    Vassakara, the minister, visited the Buddha in Rajgir on the initiative of Ajātasattu, a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha. The narrative continues beyond...
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    Mahavagga described him as cruel and according to the Majjhima Nikaya, Ajātasattu, the king of Magadha fortified Rajagriha to protect it from an invasion...
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  • Sakya might instead have had similar motivations to the Māgadhī King Ajātasattu's conquest of the Vajjika League because he was the son of a Vajjika princess...
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    prince named Ajātasattu was enticed by the villain Devadatta to murder his father, King Bimbisara, in order to ascend the throne. Ajātasattu kills his father...
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