[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.366 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.366 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.366 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c29.365](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.365) - [Next: v2.c29.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.367) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.366) · Pramāṇa