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A son of King Prasenajit of Kosala, who first served as a general in his father's army, but later usurped the throne. As a boy he discovered that his mother, who had been offered to his father by the Śākyas, had originally only been a servant rather than a noblewoman as the Śākyas had claimed; and later, as king, in revenge he attacked and destroyed Kapilavastu, slaughtering most of the Śākya inhabitants. However, he then died there in a flood. Not to be confused with the Virūḍhaka who is one of the Four Great Kings.

Literally, "Noble Birth." Name of one of the four great kings who rule over the four directions in the desire realm.

One of the "four great kings, guardians of the world," he is held to dwell in the south, presiding over the preta kumbhāṇḍa spirits that live there.

One of the four mahārājas. He is the guardian of the southern direction and the lord of the kumbhāṇḍas.

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