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worthy successor to himself so he apportioned to other princes whatever divisions of his dominions he deemed proper, so that they might know nothing about the portion of Srenik But Prince Shrénik getting no apportionment for himself from his father took ill and passed away from the capitāl. He directly wielded his way to Benatatpur and married the daughter of a man of opulence there. By this union he got one son named Abhayakumar who subsequently was proved proficient in lores like U1padik etc. and got the topmost place as a chief minister among five hundred ministers of King Shrenik When the emperor was seriously ill, Shrenik was invited and the reins of his empire were handed over to his able hands.
Shrenik had by Gandbarva Rites of Alliance married Chéllana the princess of King Chetaka of Vishali by whose union he got three princes Kunik, Halla and Vihalla successively. By his union with Queen Dhārini he had one prince Meghakumar by name who had later initiated himself into monkhood at the feet of Lord Mahavir. By his union with another wife he had a son named Nandishepa who had also accepted monkhood at the feet of Lord Mahavir. Besides these sons he had ten more princes like Kāla, Mahākāl etc. by his union with other queens.
King Shrenik was illustrious, valiant and ideal and of implicit faith in Jainism. He eventually deeming Kunik to be his worthy successor reserved a portion for him and allocated other portions to his other princes. After handing over the reins of Government to Kunika, King Shrenik was thinking of initiation. But before he could enforce his thoughts Prince Kunik incited others and arranged to throw King Shrenik into prison as a captive. Not only that but it was ordered that the king should receive one hundred lashes every day. He was also almost starved.
Queen Chellana the mother of Konik arranged to provide food to King Shrenik in his captivity very privately. At this time Prince Konik by his union with Queen Padmavati had a son
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