Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.366

v2.c29.366

Bimbisāra’s chief queen was Kosaladevī (q.v.), daughter of Mahākosala and sister of Pasenadi. On the day of her marriage she received, as part of her dowry, a village in Kāsī, for her bath-money. Her son was Ajātasattu⁷ (q.v.). Bimbisāra had other wives as well; Khemā, who, at first, would not even visit the Buddha till enticed by Bimbisāra’s descriptions of the beauties of Veḷuvana; and the courtezan Padumavatī, who was brought from Ujjenī, with the help of a yakkha, so that Rājagaha might not lack a Nagarasobhinī. Both these later became nuns. Padumavatī’s son was Abhaya. Bimbisāra had another son by Ambapālī, known as Vimala Koṇḍañña, and two others, by different wives, known as Sīlava and Jayasena. A daughter, Cundī, is also mentioned.⁸