Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t5.9

c7.s6.t5.9

⁵⁰ It is said once Durdharā, the queen of Candragupta, who was pregnant was dining with the king. On Cāṇakya's order the food of the king was mixed with very minute dozes of poison so that the king may gain immunity from poison. Now observing that the poison almost instantly killed the queen, Cāṇakya ripped open her womb and extracted the child; *Sthavirāvalī carita* (8 377 411), cf also Buddhist tradition about Bindusāra, Malalasekera, *op cit*, Vol II, under 'Bindusāra'