Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.570
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.570
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Vahassaidatta (Vṛhaspatidatta) Son of priest Somadatta(4) of Kossambī. He was a friend as well as the chief priest of king Udāyana(2). He was in so much confidence of the the king that he could enter even the harem. Once he developed love with queen Paumāvai(6) and enjoyed sexual intercourse with her. The king caught him red-handed and hanged him after inflicting various injuries on his person. After many a birth and death he will attain liberation in Mahāvideha.¹ See Mahesaradatta for his previous birth.