Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1596
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1596
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**Usīnara.**—King of Benares in the time of Kassapa Buddha. His story is related in the Mahā-Kaṇha Jātaka.¹ He is mentioned in a list of kings who, although they gave great gifts, could not get beyond the domain of sense.² He is, however, elsewhere³ mentioned as having been born in Sakka's heaven as a result of waiting diligently on brahmins and recluses.