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Śréņika had formed matrimonial alliance with the royal families of Kosala, Bhadra, and Vaisāli.
Košala-dévi-the sister of King Prasénajit of Kosala-désawas married with King Srenika. Cellaņā-dévi-the daughter of King Cètaka-the Chief of the Republic of Vaišāli-was made his chief queen. Cellaņā was the mother of Ajäta-satru or Konika * King Śrépika had many queens and several sons.
Stories about King Prasénajit.
King Prasenajit of Kuşāgra-pura (Rājagraha) had many sons. One day, he thought of seeing for himself as to who would be the most powerful to be his successor to the throne of Magadha from among the whole lot. So, he made all his sons to sit for dinner in a big hall, and when all of them were very busy in taking their dinner he, purposely set free a gang of ferrocious hounds towards them with the object of terrifying them. On seeing the dogs coming to them, all the other princes rapidly left the hall running away in various directions, but Śréņika Kumāra steadily kept sitting there, giving morsels of food from the dishes of his brothers, and calmly took his meals during the time the dogs finished their morsels. In this way, he left his seat after he had completely satisfied his hunger. On seeing this, King Prasenajit was greatly pleased, and he was convinced that Srénika Kumāra will find out the best method of escape during disputes with the other kings, and that he will satisfactorily govern the the entire kingdom.
On another occassion, King Prasenajit sent a number of bamboo-baskets full of sweet-meats and a few new earthen-pots filled with water-all of them securely packed with his own seal, and asked the princes to eat and drink out of them without bre
Some Baudha Books ( Jātaka No. 338 and 373) say that Ajāta-satru was the son of Kosala-dèvi, while Kindred Sayings declare that he was the son of queen Bhadrā.
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