Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.121

v1.c5.s20.121

Paesi (Pradesin): King of the city of Seyaviyā He was very cruel and had no faith in the independent existence of soul He regarded the self to be identical with the body It was ascetic Kesi(1) who convinced him with the help of emperical illustrations and arguments that the self is independent entity Later Paesi became Upasaka (layvotary) His wife Sāriya-kamtā did not like this She went to the extent of asking their son to kill him The son declined to commit such a sinful act Then the queen her self poisoned him (Paesi) to death He, thereafter took birth as god Sūriyābha(2) in Sohammakappa ¹