History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.205.4

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Bhadrasena killed by his brother concealed in the chamber of his queen (who was in love with the king's brother), the king of Karūṣa killed by his own son who had concealed himself under the bed of the queen (who was angered by the king's promise to give the kingdom to the son of a rival queen), the king of Kāśi killed by his queen who mixed fried rice with poison pretending that it was honey; the queen of the king of Sauvīra killed him with a jewel in her girdle that was smeared with poison; Vairantya was killed by his queen with her anklet smeared with poison; Jalūtha (or Jāruṣa in Kām.) was killed with a mirror (with a razor-like edge) covered with poison; Vidūratha was killed by his queen who had concealed a weapon in her braided hair. The Harṣacarita (VI) of Bāṇa mentions with additional details the cases of Bhadrasena king of Kaliṅga killed by his brother Vīrasena, the king of Karūṣa (Dadhra by name), Kāśīrāja (named Mahāsena) whose queen Suprabhā killed him to secure the kingdom to her son, Jārūtha king of Ayodhyā, Vairantya named Rantideva, Vidūratha of the Vṛṣṇis killed by Bindumatī, the Sauvīra king Vīrasena killed by queen Haṁsavatī. In the Bṛhatsaṁhitā (77. 1-2) two of these, Vidūratha and Kāśīrāja, are mentioned, but the latter is said to have been killed by his estranged queen with an anklet smeared with poison. Medhātithi on Manu VII. 153 quotes four of these seven. The Nītivākyāmṛta (rājarakṣāsamuddeśa 35-36, pp.