Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s4.7

c20.s4.7

The eighteen confederate kings returned to their cities and Cedaga to Vesālī Kūnika laid siege to Vesālī and waited for the city to fall. Thus much time passed, but still Kūnika could not succeed Halla and Vihalla joined the order under Mahāvīra Later on, Kūnika is said to have brought the courtesan, Māgahiyā, and the ascetic Kūlavālaya together, which brought about the fall of the city of Vesālī No sooner this was done, than Kūniya entered into the city and destroyed it. King Cedaga is said to have suspended an iron image (lohapadimā) in his neck and plunged into a well The citizens of Vesālī are said to have been carried away to Nepāla (Nemālavattinam) by Mahissara.⁴⁰