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of Bengal (*supra* p. 332). His sister was Mandaravā The tradition runs that Indrabhūti, a king of Uḍḍiyāna, had a son named Padmasambhava (Waddell, *op. cit.* 380-82). Padmasambhava in his early age was tyrannical. The king, in order to please his subjects, banished the prince. Padmasambhava in course of his travel reached Zahor, and married the sister of Śāntirakshita. Waddell identifies Uḍḍiyāna with Udyāna in the Swat Valley (*op. cit.* p. 26). According to Pag Sam Jon Zang, the first Siddhāchārya Lui-pā belonged to the fisherman caste of Uḍḍiyāna, and was in the service of the king of Uḍḍiyāna as a writer. He is referred to in the Betan-hgyur as a Bengali (Cordier-Cat. II. 33). He composed some Bengali songs (BGD. 21). On this and other grounds it has been suggested that Uḍḍiyāna might have been situated in Bengal (IHQ. XI. 142-44). For other views *cf. supra* p. 333, f.n. 1.