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Vimala Kodamna. At a later period, he became a Bụddhist monk(73). Another son of Bimbisāra named Silayā (Silayat) also became a Buddhist monk, and later an Arhat(74). Bimbisāra had another son named Jayasena(75).
In the Jaina tradition, Kunjka apart, there is a con
y other princes. The Aņuttarovavãyiya gives the following ten names:
(1) Jalī, (2) Mayālī, (3) Uvayali, (4) Purimasena, (5) Vāris ena, (6) Diha danta, (7)‘Latthadanta, (8) Vehalla, (9) Vehāyasa and (10) Abhayakumara Of these, the first seven were by Queen Dharini, Vehalla and Vehāyasa by Celana and Abhayakumara by Nandā (76).
Elsewhere in the same Agama, the following names are given of 13 princes:
(1) Dihasena, (2) Mahāseņa, (3) Latthadanta, (4)Gūdhadanta, (5) Suddha danta, (6) Halla, (7) Duma, (8) Dumasena, (9) Mahadumas eņa, (10) Siha, (11) Sihasena, (12) Mahāsihasena and (13) Punnas ena.
According to Niriyāvalikā, the following ten princes were born of Kāli, Sukali and other queens of Sreņika:
(1) Kālakumāra, (2) Sukālakumara (3) Mahākalākumāra, (4) Kanhakumăra, (5) Sukanhakumāra, (6) Mahakanhakumāra, (7) Virakaṇhakumāra, (8) Rāmakanhakumāra, (9) Seņakanhakumāra and (10) Mahāseņakanhakumāra
Two princes, viz., Meghakumara and Nandis ena have been very famous in the Jaina tradition.
The Jaina āga mas not only mention the names of the aforesaid princes, they give an appropriate places their biological sketches in very consistent forms. Of these, ten, Kālakumāra and others, died in the Mahāśilākantaka war and the remaining princes became monks.
Ajātsátru Künika
Like Srenika, even Kūņika (Ajātas'atru) enjoys a respectable position in both the Jaina and the Buddhist tra di
