Prasenajit
Sign in to savethumb|Procession of Prasenajit of Kosala leaving [[Sravasti to meet the Buddha. Sanchi]] Pasenadi or Prasenajit (; ;) was a 6th or 5th century BCE Ikshvaku dynasty| ruler of Kosala, where Shravasti was his capital. He succeeded after . As a king, he was a prominent or lay follower of Gautama Buddha, and built many Buddhist monasteries for the Buddha.
Key facts
- Royalty.title
- Raja
- Royalty.image
- Prasenajit of Kosala pays a visti.jpg
- Royalty.alt
- Pasenadi
- Royalty.caption
- Prasenajit of Kosala pays a visit to the Buddha
- Royalty.reign
- 6th or 5th century BCE
- Royalty.spouse
- Mallika of Kosala
- Royalty.spouse type
- Queen
- Royalty.predecessor
- Sanjaya Mahākosala
- Royalty.successor
- Viḍūḍabha
- Royalty.issue
- Jeta, Virudhaka, Princess Vajira
- Royalty.dynasty
- Ikshvaku
- Royalty.father
- Sanjaya Mahākosala
- Royalty.succession
- King of Kosala
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thumb|Procession of Prasenajit of Kosala leaving [[Sravasti to meet the Buddha. Sanchi]] Pasenadi or Prasenajit (; ;) was a 6th or 5th century BCE Ikshvaku dynasty| ruler of Kosala, where Shravasti was his capital. He succeeded after . As a king, he was a prominent or lay follower of Gautama Buddha, and built many Buddhist monasteries for the Buddha.
==Life== Pasenadi studied in Taxila in his early life. He was the king of Kosala (modern Oudh or Awadh). His first queen was a Magadhan princess, a sister of king Bimbisara. His second and chief queen was Vāsavakhattiyā, a girl, daughter of the chief of garland-makers for Mahānāma. From this marriage, he had a son, Viḍūḍabha and a daughter, Princess Vajira, who was later married to his nephew, Ajatashatru (). He married his sister Kosala Devi to Bimbisara.