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Ajātaśatru (Ma skyes dgra)

Dictionary Definition: 

  • His name, which means 'unborn enemy' means that he was an enemy of his father even before he was born, while he was still in the womb.
  • Chimpa, THBI, index.
  • Tucci, TPS, pp. 44, 456, 486, 626.
  • Hahn, HG, p. 17.
  • Jayarava Michael Attwood, Did King Ajātasattu Confess to the Buddha, and Did the Buddha Forgive Him? Journal of Buddhist Ethics (2008), pp. 279-307. Online PDF.
  • Michael Hahn, Ajātaśatrvavadāna: A Gopadatta Story from Tibet. K. P. Jayaswal Commemoration Volume (Patna 1981), pp. 242-276.
  • EoB under "Ajātasattu" and under "A-shê-shih-wang-shou-cheüh-ching."
  • Obeyesekere, Conscience, p. 240 ff. Ajātasattu. Story as told in a 13th century Sinhala text, the Pūjāvaliya.
  • Banerjee, SL, p. 89.
  • Rhoton, CD, p. 254.
  • Dungkar Rinpoche's dictionary, p. 661.