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¹⁴ *Ava cū* II p 165 f Cellaṇā, also known as Vaidehī, and her elder sister Sujeṭṭhā of the Jains are identical with Celā and Upacelā of the Buddhist tradition Both were the daughters of Siṃha, the commander-in-chief of the Lecchavis and the nieces of Goṇa, the chief minister of Bimbisāra For the full story, see *Vinayavastu* of the Mūlasarvāstivāda, pp 12 f In Pali literature Kosaladevī (*Jātaka*, III p 12 f) and Khemā (*Theragāthā-purāṇa*, the com on the *Anguttara* I, p 342) are mentioned as other queens of Seṇiya The former is said to have been the mother of Kūṇika, otherwise known as Ajātaśatru