Bimbisāra (10957)

Bimbisāra
Entry 10957, Page 400, Col. 2

(bimbisAra, bimbisAra)
Bimbisāra¦ (= Pali id.; mss. sometimes Bimba°, Divy 145.24 f.; 146.10; 545.6; Av i.2.7; Waldschmidt, Kl. Skt. Texte 4, 114 n. 1; 121.2 etc.; text Bimbāsāra- suta = Ajātaśatru Mmk 602.23), n. of a king of Magadha in Buddha's time, father of Ajātaśatru: he is oftenest called Śreṇiya (or Śreṇya, Śreṇika) Bi°, see these names, which are always accompanied by Bi° except in Mvy 3652 where Śreṇika occurs alone, Bimbisāra in 3647 (in the same list); but Bimbisāra also occurs often alone, Mv ii.2.9; LV 241.7, 9; 407.8, 10; Divy 253.24; 269.9; 369.8; 392.1; 393.28; 545.6 ff.; Av i.2.7; 107.6 ff.; 290.4 ff.; 307.6 ff.; 319.6 ff.; 326.12 ff.; in the mss. of Mv the name is also written °śāla and °śāra (i.254.15; 256.14, 17; 257.9, etc.); Mmk 602.23 (above).