Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1791

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The Kalingabodhi Jataka (q.v.) relates the story of another ruler of Kalinga while, according to the Sarabhanga Jataka (q.v.), a certain king of Kalinga⁸ went with two other kings, Atthaka and Bhimaratta, to ask Sarabhanga questions referring to the fate of Dandaki. There they heard the sage preach, and all three kings became ascetics. Another king of Kalinga was Nalikira (q.v.), who, having ill-treated a holy man, was swallowed up in the Sunakha-niraya, while his country was laid waste by the gods and turned into a wilderness (Kalingaranna).⁹ In the Kumbhakara Jataka¹⁰ the Kalinga king's name is Karandu.