[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.c29.369 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.369 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.369 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.369) Bimbisāra’s death, according to the Commentaries,⁹ was a sad one. Soothsayers had predicted, before the birth of Ajātasattu, that he would bring about the death of his father, for which reason his mother had wished to bring about an abortion. But Bimbisāra would not hear of this, and when the boy was born, treated him with the greatest affection.¹⁰ When the prince came of age, Devadatta, by an exhibition of his iddhi-power, won him over to his side and persuaded him to encompass the death of his father, Bimbisāra’s patronage of the Buddha being the greatest obstacle in the path of Devadatta. The plot was discovered, and Bimbisāra’s ministers advised him to kill Ajātasattu, Devadatta and their associates. But Bimbisāra sent for Ajātasattu and, on hearing that he desired power, abdicated in his favour. Devadatta chided Ajātasattu for a fool. “You are like a man who puts a skin over a drum in which is a rat,” and he urged on Ajātasattu the need for the destruction of Bimbisāra. - [Previous: v2.c29.368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.368) - [Next: v2.c29.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.370) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.369) · Pramāṇa