History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c12.s6.27
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c12.s6.27
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Jinadāsa's *Āvaśyaka Cūrṇi*¹ continues the story. The *gaṇarājas*, or chieftains of the confederate clans, demoralized by the two defeats, abandoned Ceḍaga and returned to their own cities. Ceḍaga retreated on Vesālī, and prepared for a siege. The city held out for twelve years, when it was betrayed by the treachery of the ascetic Kūlavālaya, the force of whose religious merit had formerly protected it. He was won over by a beautiful prostitute in the employ of Kūṇiya, and persuaded to break his vows and to betray the city. Ceḍaga committed suicide by drowning, and the Licchavis emigrated to Nepal.²