Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.374
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.374
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1 Kālaga (Kālaka) Son of king Vijaṇha and queen Surasundarī of Dharavāsa. He renounced the world and became a disciple of Guṇākara. Saa at this strī of Kālaga lost the world and became a nun¹. Once king Gaddabhilla of Ujjeni attracted by her beauty took Sarasvatī forcibly to his palace and confined her there. Preceptor Kālaga and others persuaded him to release the nun but the king was adamant not to do so. This enraged Kālaga. He left for Parasakula returned to Ujjeni from there accompanied by ninety six feudatories of that territory attacked that town defeated Gaddabhilla freed Sarasvatī and reinstated her as a nun³. Lad kings also helped him in defeating Gaddabhilla. The Sagas were brought to Ujjeni by him.