Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1870

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Vedehiputta.—An epithet constantly used in connection with Ajātasattu (q.v.). Buddhaghosa¹ explains it by saying that Videhī here means a wise woman and not the Videha-lady, because Ajātasattu’s mother was the daughter, not of a king of Videha, but of a Kosala king.² According to the Nirayāvalī Sūtra,³ there was, among the wives of Bimbisāra, Callanā, daughter of Ceṭaka, a rājā of Vaisālī, whose sister Triśālā was the mother of Mahāvīra. She was also called Śrībhadrā. According to the Tibetan Dulvā,⁴ Ajatasattu’s mother was Vāsavī, daughter of Siṃha of Vaiśālī. It was foretold that Vāsavī’s son would kill his father. Cf. Vedehikā, Vedehamuni.