[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.1759 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1759 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1759 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.1759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1759) Kāḷāsoka.—Son of Susaṇāga and king of Magadha for twenty-eight years. The tenth year of his reign completed one hundred years from the date of the Buddha’s death. During the reign of Kāḷāsoka the Vajjian heresy appeared among the Saṅgha, and at first the king took the side of the Vajjians. Later, his sister Nandā persuaded him to transfer his patronage to the orthodox monks, and a convocation was held, with his support, at the Vālikārāma in Vesāli, at which the Vajjians were proved in the wrong.¹ Kāḷāsoka had ten sons, who carried on the government after him for twenty-two years.² He and Paṇḍukābhaya were contemporary kings for many years.³ - [Previous: v1.c12.1758](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1758) - [Next: v1.c12.1760](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1760) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1759](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1759) · Pramāṇa