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had a sou.18 He had also some other wives.19 Namdisena(4) is also men tioned as his son.20 Seniya had a sister named Sena(3). She was married to a vidhyādhara.2 Seniya was a follower of Titthayara Mahāvīra.22 He often visited the Titthayara when he sojourned at Rāyagiha, paid homage to him and some times held discussions with him.23 Seniva had two precious things : Seyanaya elephant24 and an eighteen stringed necklace.25 He presented them to his sons Halla and Vihalla.28 He got erected also a one-pillared mansion. Once he learned some lores from Hariesa(1) 27 Persons like merchant Mammana, 28 Salibhadda(1)29 and monk Dhanna(5)30 were his contemporaries. Prince Addaga had come from his country and called on king Seniya.3 In his old age Seniya was put behind bars by his son Küniya.32 There he committed suicide.33 He is said to have gone to hell.34 In his previous birth he was prince Sumamgala(3), son of king Jiyasattu(27).35 18. Nir. 1. 1-10.
24. AvaCu. II. p. 167, UttCu. p. 34; 19. Ant. 16.
Utts. p. 53. 20. AvaCu. II. p. 171, AvaCu. I. p. 559. 25. AvaCu. II. p. 170. 21. Avak. p. 672.
26. AvaCu. II. p. 171. 22. AvaN. 134, 1165; AvaCu. II. p. 274. 27. DasCu. pp. 45, 99; NisCu. I. p. 10.
Cand. 111, PinNM. p. 32. AvaH. p. 28. AvaCu. I. p. 371. 333, VyaBh. 10.385, AcaCu. p. 228, 29. AvaCu. 1. p. 372, SthA. p. 510. AvaM. p. 260, VisK. p. 386, 388; 30. Anut. 4, SthA. p. 510. AcaSi. p. 249.
31. DasCu. p. 44, VyaM. I. p. 24, SutSi. 23. Avan. 1302, AvaCu. II. p. 168, 202,
p. 387. 280; Dasa. 10. 1, AvaH. p. 17; BhaA. 32. AvaCu. II. p. 17, AvaH. p. 683. p. 11; AvaCu. I. p. 559, Aval. pp.
33. AvaCu. II. p. 172, Aval. p. 683. 487-488, 713; Vis. 1420, Visk. p. 34. Sth. 693, Aval. p. 580, BhaA.p. 796. 414, Jna. 148.
35. AvaCu. II. p. 166.
2. Seņiya Son of the minister of king Jiyasattu(27). On account of the unsymmmetrical form of his body he was laughed at and tortured by Sumamgala(3), son of the king. In disgust he renounced the world. He died with a resolve to take revenge upon Sumamgala. He was reborn as prince Künia, while Sumamgala as king Seniya(1). Seniya is also known as Seņaga.
1. AvaCu. II. p. 166, AvaH. p. 678. 1 2. AvaH. p. 678. 3. Seniya One of the four disciples of preceptor Samtisenia. The Seniyā branch originated from him. 1. Kalp. p. 261.
2. lbid. p. 262. Seniyā (Śreņikā ) A monastic branch originating from preceptor Seņiya(3).1
1. Kalp. p. 262. Settumnja (Śatruñjaya) Same as mount Sattumjaya.1
1. Ant. 2, AvaCu. II. p. 197. 108
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