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(170) Dhammapada-Atthakatha, 13-4.
(171) Avaśyaka Curņi, Second Half, p. 160.
(172) Episode 76.
(173) 44-6-6.
(174) According to the Theragatha Atthakatha (1-58), Abhayarājakumāra had his spiritual eye opened when Buddha gave a sermon which became Tálacchigulupama Sutta.
(175) Dhammapada Atthakatha, 13-4.
(176) Theragathā, 26.
(177) Theragatha Atthakatha, Part 1, pp. 83-4.
(178) Ibid, 131-32.
(179) Dharmaratna-prakarana, Abhayarājakumāra Kathā,
1-130.
(180) For details, vide "Sreņika Bimbisāra" in this volume.
(181) Hemacandra Yogasastra, with svopajňavṛtti, adhyayanal, sloka 30, p. 91-95.
(182) For details, vide "Ardraka Muni" in this volume.
(183) An alternative view is that Abhayarājakumara did not ask about "would-be liberated king", but about "duly crowned king". Vide Abhidhana Rajendra, Vol. 3, p. 481.
(184) Bharatesvara Bahubali Vṛtii, pp. 38-40.
(185) Edited by Modi, p. 51.
(186) For comparison, vide the account of Monk Skandaka elsewhere in this volume.
