Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.734

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Udena is sometimes referred to as Vamsarājā (king of the Vamsas),⁹ the Vamsas or the Vacchas being the inhabitants of Kosambī. In the Udāna Commentary¹⁰ he is called Vajjirājā. The Milinda-pañha¹¹ tells a story of a woman called Gopāla-mātā, who became a queen of Udena. She was the daughter of peasant-folk, and, being poor, she sold her hair for eight pennies, with which she gave a meal to Mahā Kaccāna and his seven companions. That very day she became Udena’s queen.