Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.243
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.243
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v2.c8.s5.243
Sagaḍāla (Śakaṭāla) Minister of king Mahāpauma(8) of Pāḍaliputta. He was intensely interested in the welfare of the state. He had two sons : Thūlabhadda and Siriyaa. Jakkhā, Jakkhadiṇṇā(1), Bhūyā(2), Bhūyadiṇṇā(1), Seṇā(1), Veṇā and Reṇā were his daughters. Brāhmaṇa poet Vararui developed enmity with minister Sagaḍāla and plotted to destroy his entire family. To save the state as well as his own family Sagaḍāla asked his son Siriyaa to assassinate him before the king. The obedient son acted accordingly.¹