Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s3.49
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s3.49
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Bhogas are enumerated with Ugra, Rājanya, Ksatriya, Jñāta, Kaurava and Iksvāku. The Bhogas held the position of a guru.³⁰ According to the *Dasaveyāliya cūṇṇi*, Bhoga was a particular class of the Khattiyas, and Ugrasena is said to have been born in this class.³¹ In the *Dasaveyāliya sutta*³², Rājimati calls herself the daughter of Bhogarāja and Haribhadra Sūri in his commentary identifies Bhogarāja with Ugrasena.