Tribes in Ancient India c33.46

c33.46

Udayana is said to have married Sāmāvatī (Śyāmāvatī), daughter of a banker of Bhaddavatī, who was brought up in the family of the banker Ghosita of Kauśāmbī. Another of his wives was Māgandiyā or Mākandikā, an exquisitely beautiful Brahmin girl from the Kuru country,³ and yet another was Padmāvatī, daughter of King Ajātaśatru of Magadha.⁴ The Ratnāvalī represents Udayana as having also married Sāgarikā, a princess from Ceylon. In the Udenavatthu, each of his three queens Vāsuladattā, Sāmāvatī and Māgandiyā, is said to have been attended by 500 dancing girls. The Priyadarśikā also speaks of a matrimonial alliance made by Udayana with Dṛḍhavarman, king of Aṅga. We are told that Udayana once helped Dṛḍhavarman to regain his throne.