The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s2.5

c7.s2.5

2. Rāyapasenaijja. The Sanskrit name of Rajapraśnī seems to reflect the original title which may been that of Rāyapasinijja, i.e. "the questions of the king." LEUMANN contents that the name of King Paseṇai (Prasenajit) influenced the title, for it is he who appears in the Buddhist version of the Paesi story which in this Jain text we have before us. Paeṇai once possibly was a figure in that story. We find him Thaṇ. 280 a.