Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.199

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Pajjoa Pajjota or Pajjoya (Pradyota) King of Ujjeni He is also called Mahsena(1) as well as Camda Pajjoya³ He was a minor when Tittha yara Mahāvira renounced the world He had e ght wives Sivā(1) and Amgāra ai were prominent among them Sivā wa daughter of king Ceḍaga of Vesāli Pajjoya attacked king Dhumdhumāra to get his daughter Amgāravai marriage but he was taken prisoner by him Thereafter he married Amgaravai⁷ Palaa and Gopalaa were his two sons⁸ His daugh ter was Vasa adattā(1) who was born of Amgaravati Khamdakappa was the minister of Pajjoya⁹ Queen Siva elephant Nalagiri, messenger Lohajamgha and chariot Aggibhiru constituted his four jewels¹⁰ In his time there was a famous cosmopolitan market in Ujjeni Pajjoya invaded Kosambi, the capital of king Sayāṇiya¹² to make Migāvaī(1) Sayāṇiya's wife as his own wife Meanwhile, Sayāṇiya expired leaving behind his son Udāyaṇa(2) Migāvaī cleverly took Pajjoya into her confidence and gradually strengthened her position She was successful in preserving her chastity and saving her territory Finally she took asceticism from Mahāvīra.¹³ Udāyaṇa came to the throne of Kosambī Princess Vāsavadattā being helped by Kamcanamālā eloped with Udāyaṇa from Ujjeni ¹⁴ Pajjoya also attacked king Seṇiya(1) of Rāyagiha but prince Abhaya(1) with his superior strategy forced Pajjoya to retreat to Ujjeni Pajjoya took revenge upon Abhaya by capturing him He commissioned a beautiful courtezan for this task She and her assistants themselves disguising as lay votaries and monks went to Rāyagiha on a pilgrimage Finding some suitable opportunity Abhaya was administered wine and carried away to Ujjeni as a prisoner of Pajjoya Abhaya while in captivity saved the life of the messenge of the king procured Udayana by a strategy for favour of subduing the Nalagiri elephant saved Ujjeni from being devastated by a fire and helped the whole city in recovering from a horrible epidemic with the help of Siva ¹ Then Pajjoya released him as he was pleased with his intelligence and cleverness Abhaya on the other hand disguised himself as a merchant and along with two charming courtezans sojourned at Ujjeni He hired a man who played the role of a madman shouting in the city that he was Pajjoya When real Pajjoya got attracted towards the courtezans they asked him to meet them on the appointed day at a lonely place As planned beforehand Pajjoya was captured As he was crying I am Pajjoya the king all took him as the mad man Thus he was kidnapped and taken away to Rayagiha as a prisoner In due course he was set free Pajjoya attacked king Dummuha(3) of Pamcāla to obtain his marvellous diadem but he was defeated and taken prisoner There he developed love with princess Mayanamamjarī and obtained her as his wife with the consent of her father Dummuha ¹⁷ Pajjoya kidnapped Devadattā(4) a m d servant of king Udāyaṇa(1) of Vitibhaya as well as took away the image of Titthayara Mahavira from there Udayana then attacked and captured him as his prisoner While on his way back to Vitibhaya Udāyaṇa set him free as an act of forgiveness as he had observed the pajjusana festival marking his forehead with the following words maidservants husband ⁸ Pajjoya got Māhissara a habitual adulterer killed ¹⁹