King Prasenajit of Kośala

Also known as: Prasenajit · Family: Kośala · Role: king · First appears: Chapter VII

In Chapter XIII, Prasenajit was born in Śrāvastī to King Aranemi Brahmadatta. By Chapter VII, he was king of Kośala; after eating rice sent by Viśākhā, he recovered. He consulted his grandmother about calling Viśākhā his sister, since she had cared for him, and approved her being called Mṛgadhara’s mother as well. He publicly proclaimed her both Mṛgadhara’s mother and his own sister.

In Chapter VII, Prasenajit pardoned Śrīvardhana, his elephant overseer, and restored him to his position. Later, he sent Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons with an army against the hillmen; after they returned with hostages and tribute, he poisoned them at a palace meal and ordered their heads cut off.

Relationship record

Life events

• King Prasenajit recovered after eating rice sent by Viśākhā.(Chapter VII)
  • With: Mṛgadhara
  • “The king ate thereof and recovered.”
• King Prasenajit pardoned Śrīvardhana and restored his position.(Chapter VII)
  • With: Śrīvardhana
  • “The king forgave him. ‘O king, if you forgive him, be pleased to restore him his position.’ The king did so.”
• King Prasenajit approved Viśākhā being called Mṛgadhara’s mother and his own sister.(Chapter VII)
  • With: Mṛgadhara Viśākhā
  • “The king said, ‘As Viśākhā has taken care of me also, I will, after consulting my grandmother, call her my sister.’”
• King Prasenajit publicly proclaimed Viśākhā Mṛgadhara’s mother and his sister.(Chapter VII)
  • With: Mṛgadhara Viśākhā
  • “The king gave orders that Viśākhā should be set upon an elephant, and that public proclamation should be made that she, Viśākhā, was Mṛgadhara’s mother and King Prasenajit’s sister.”
• Viśākhā’s sons defeated the hillmen and returned with hostages and tribute.(Chapter VII)
  • With: Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons (Chapter 007)
  • “The king let them go forth with the fourfold army, and they overcame the hillmen, took from them hostages and tribute, and then came back.”
• King Prasenajit poisoned Viśākhā’s sons at a palace meal and ordered their beheading.(Chapter VII · 📍 the palace)
  • With: Viśākhā’s thirty-two sons (Chapter 007)
  • “Now the king had caused a strong poison to be put into the food. When they were stupefied thereby, he ordered their heads to be cut off.”
• King Aranemi Brahmadatta’s son Prasenajit was born.(Chapter XIII · 📍 Śrāvastī)
  • “In Śrāvastī truly to King Aranemi Brahmadatta there was born a son whom he called Prasenajit”

Chapter VII

• younger kin: The king’s grandmother (Chapter 007) “So he asked his grandmother, and she said that he might justly call Viśākhā by that name.”
• siblings with Viśākhā “The king said, ‘As Viśākhā has taken care of me also, I will, after consulting my grandmother, call her my sister.’”
• lord: Mṛgadhara “Mṛgadhara, the first minister of King Prasenajit of Kośala, after he had married a wife of birth like unto his own, had seven sons.”
• lord: Śrīvardhana “Prasenajit, king of Kośala, had an overseer of elephants named Śrīvardhana.”

Chapter XIII

• parent: King Aranemi Brahmadatta “In Śrāvastī truly to King Aranemi Brahmadatta there was born a son whom he called Prasenajit, because the whole world was filled with radiance at his birth.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.