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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3441

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3441

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### [v1.c12.3441](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3441)

\*\*Kosambika-seṭṭhi.\*\*—The banker of \*\*Kosambī\*\*. He adopted \*\*Ghosaka\*\* (\*q.v.\*), but later, when he had a son of his own, he tried in various ways to kill \*\*Ghosaka\*\*. All his plans failed, and he developed diarrhœa and died, even his plans of disinheriting \*\*Ghosaka\*\* having been frustrated by \*\*Ghosaka\*\*'s wife. \*\*Kosambika-seṭṭhi\*\*'s slave-woman, who helped in all his nefarious schemes, was called \*\*Kālī\*\*.¹

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