Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.234

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2 Sagaḍa Son of merchant Subhadda(2) and lady Bhaddā(4) of the city of Sāhamjaṇī. In his former birth he was Chaṇiya. Sagaḍa after the death of his parents lived with prostitute Sudamsaṇā(2). The prostitute was later kept by minister Suseṇa(2) in his own house and Sagaḍa was left alone. Owing to his attachment for the prostitute Sagaḍa, however, managed to enter the minister's house. There he was caught red-handed. Both Sagaḍa and Sudamsaṇā were punished to death. In their future life they took birth as twin brother and sister but lived as husband and wife.¹