Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1222

v2.c27.1222

Pasenadi’s sister, Kosaladevi, was married to Bimbisāra. Mahākosala gave her a village in Kāsī as part of her dowry, for her bath-money. When Ajātasattu killed Bimbisāra, Kosaladevi died of grief, and Pasenadi confiscated the Kāsī village, saying that no patricide should own a village which was his by right of inheritance. Angered at this, Ajātasattu declared war upon his aged uncle. At first, victory lay with Ajātasattu, but Pasenadi had spies who reported to him a plan of attack suggested by the Thera Dhanuggaha-Tissa, in the course of a conversation with his colleague Mantidatta, and in the fourth campaign Pasenadi took Ajātasattu prisoner, and refused to release him until he renounced his claim to the throne. Upon his renunciation, Pasenadi not only gave him his daughter Vajirā in marriage, but conferred on her, as a wedding gift, the very village in dispute.¹⁹