The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s2.39

c7.s2.39

8. *Nirayāvaliyāo*. 10 *ajjhayana*. 1. Kālī, a wife of King Seṇiya residing at Rāyagiha, is informed by Mahāvīra that her son Kāla who with his stepbrother Kūṇiya went to war, will fall in the battle and be reborn in one of the hells. Asked by Goyama, Mahāvīra tells him how this war came to pass. Cellaṇā, Seṇiya’s first wife, had felt a *dohada* to eat flesh of her husband, a *dohada* which apparently was satisfied by a trick of her stepbrother Abhaya. She now fears evil consequences for the dynasty from the part of her child and wishes to remove it, but she does not succeed in doing so. Indeed Kūṇiya, scarcely having grown up, puts his father into prison. Cellaṇā, however, makes him understand that when she had exposed him it had been Seṇiya who had saved him, whereupon Kūṇiya hurries to release his father. Tragically enough, Seṇiya, in the wrong belief that his son comes to execute him, commits suicide. Now Kūṇiya, as a king, resides at Campā. Soon after he comes to quarrel with Vehalla, his genuine brother, about some precious objects in Vehalla’s possession. V. seeks refuge with his grandfather Ceḍaga, king of Vesāli, who refuses to surrender him to his pursuer, and Kūṇiya in company with his ten stepbrothers, including Kāla, starts war.—8-10. The same story with reference to Kāla’s nine brothers Sukāla. etc.