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KINGS AND RULERS
PAJJOYA AND ABHAYA
King Pajjoya is said to have fought a number of battles. Once he invaded Rayagiha, when Abhayakumara is said to have foiled him intelligently It is said that Abhaya buried iron jars full of dināras at a place where the enemy would encamp round the city. When Pajjoya besieged the city, Abhaya sent him a messenger saying that Seniya had already bought over his allies, who would hand him (Pajjoya) over to Seniya, bound hand and foot If he did not believe it he should dig up the camping ground and see if his confederates had not received the gold. Pajjoya discovered the money and was confused. He was routed by Seniya's army and returned to Ujjeni.119
When Pajjoya reached Ujjeni, he was told how he had been deceived by Abhaya. Thereupon Pajjoya decided to fetch him from Rayagiha. A courtesan set out with seven other women to Rayagiha, where she pretended to be a chaste widow devoted to the Jain faith. One day they met Abhaya in a Jain temple and invited him to a feast when he was made drunk and was carried to Ujjeni in a horse-chariot. Abhaya lived in the court of Pajjoya for a long time and did his ministerial work.
Now Abhaya wanted to return home. But before going he took a vow that, as he had been brought by religious deceit (dhammacchalena), he would throw himself into the flames, if he did not avenge himself by taking Pajjoya tied to a bed and crying, through the streets of Ujjeni to Rayagiha Abhaya left for Rayagiha with his wife.
After some time Abhaya returned to Ujjeni with two courtesans and began to live as a merchant. King Pajjoya saw them and was enamoured of them. He sent a female-messenger to them twice or thrice, but they drove her out angrily. Later on, they asked Pajjoya to see them on the seventh day. Abhaya also hired a man to become his brother and feign madness He was given the name of Pajjoya. He would everyday be tied to a cot, taken to the house of a physician, although he cried aloud that he was Pajjoya Now at the appointed time, Pajjoya met the two courtesan girls, when he was caught and was bound down to the cot and carried through the city, although he cried that he was Pajjoya. Paj. joya was thus carried away to Rayagiha in the presence of Seniya, who came to kill him with his sword but was prevented by Abhaya. Later on, Pajjoya was honoured and was sent back to Ujjeni
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PAJJOYA AND SAYAṆIYA
Pajjoya also waged war against Sayaniya, the father of Udayana of Kosambi. When Pajjoya reached Kosambi, Sayaniya transferred his forces from the south bank of the Jamuna to the north bank, where the
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According to the Maghima (III 7), Ajätaśatru, tl escn cf Erbetara, fertifed Rajagi) a because he was afraid of an invasion of his territories hv Fradyota. Ava. c., II, pp. 159-163
