Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.414

v1.c12.414

The next day he ordered the queen to appear before him in all her ornaments, and having proved that he knew of her infidelity, handed her over to the chaplain to be executed. Pañcālacaṇḍa, pitying the woman, begged that she should be pardoned, because in being unchaste she had but obeyed the instincts common to all women. To prove his contention, Pañcālacaṇḍa took the king with him and, in disguise, they wandered through Jambudīpa, testing the virtue of various women, including that of a young bride who was being taken to her husband's house. Convinced that all women were alike, the king spared Kiṇṇarā's life, but drove her out of the palace together with the cripple, and caused the jambu-tree to be cut down.