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the eighteen confederate kings of Kaśī and Košala, the nine Mallakis and the nine Licchavis'instituted an illumination." , The people of Arga-Magadha were equally "proud to think that their country was hallowed by the presence of so great a teacher and guide as Mahāvīra. According to the UttaradhyayanaSūtra, king Srenika Bimbisāra of Magadha paid the following glowing tribute to Mahāvīra when he met him at Rājagrha : 'You have made the best use of human birth, you have made a true Jina, · you are a protector (of mankind at large) and of your relations, for you have entered the path of the best Jinas'. Even we are told that forthwith the king, 'together with his wives, servants, and relations, became a staunch believer in the law, with a pure mind'.
The Jain works represent Cetaka, maternal; uncle of Mahāvīra, as the most powerful king of Videha at whose call all the allied powers of the time combined, either for the purpose of offence or of defence He had seven daughters, the eldest of whom was married to king Udayana of Vatsa,
1 Kalpa-Sūtra, P 128.
2 Uttaradhyayana, XX, V. 58; Jainism, P 117.
Chimanlal J. Shah,
