Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1788
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1788
- Language
- English
v1.c12.1788
The Jātakas contain various references to Kāliṅga. There was once a great drought in Dantapura, and the king, acting on the advice of his ministers, sent brahmins to the king of Kuru to beg the loan of his state elephant, Añjanavasabha, credited with the power of producing rain. On this occasion, however, the elephant failed and the Kāliṅga king, hearing of the virtues practised by the king and people of Dantapura, offered them himself, upon which rain fell.⁶ Another king of Kalinga was a contemporary of Aruna, the Assaka king of Potali. The Kalinga king, in his eagerness for a fight, picked a quarrel with Aruna, but was worsted in battle, and had to surrender his four daughters with their dowries to Aruna.⁷