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¹⁴⁹ Āva. cū, II, p 36. Cf Divyāvadāna (ch xxxvii). According to the Buddhists, king Rudrāyana was reigning in Roruka with his queen Candraprabhā, Sikhaṇḍi was his prince. It is said that an image of Buddha was sent by king Bimbisāra to king Udāyana to acquaint him with Buddhist religion. In course of time, Candraprabhā joined the order and died. Later on, Rudrāyana also followed her. The Buddhist writers do not mention anything about the sister’s son of Rudrāyana and so here the prince Sikhaṇḍi succeeds his father. It is mentioned that king Sikhaṇḍi was misguided by his wicked ministers. When Rudrāyana knew of this, he came back to give advice to his son, when a plot was hatched up and the monk Uddāyana was put to death. See also Muni Jinvijayaji’s article in P. A. I. p 208 ff.