[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.c12.3 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3) 2. Kamsa.—King of Benares, and called Bārānasiggaha because he was ruler of Benares. According to the Seyya Jātaka,¹ he was the king who was seized by the monarch of Kosala, owing to the treachery of a disloyal courtier, and who was later set free on account of his great piety. In the Ekarāja Jātaka, which purports to relate the same story, and again in the Mahāsilava Jātaka, the king is referred to by other names. We probably have here a confusion of legends due to an effort to make three similar stories into one and the same. - [Previous: v1.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2) - [Next: v1.c12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.4) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3) · Pramāṇa