Kosala Devi, Kosala-devī: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesDaughter of Maha Kosala and sister of Pasenadi. She was married to Bimbisara, and a village in Kasi was given to her for bath money as part of her dowry. She was the mother of Ajatasattu. (Ajatasattu is called Videhiputta). When pregnant with him, she was filled with a desire to drink blood from the right knee of her husband, and on learning from the astrologers that this presaged the birth of a patricide, she went to the park called, on that account, Maddakucchi (q.v.) - and tried to bring about an abortion, but failed. Bimbisara satisfied her longing. When Bimbisara was imprisoned by Ajatasattu she waited upon him, taking him food till she was absolutely prevented from doing so. After his death she died of grief, and Pasenadi made war on Ajatasattu to avenge her death. J.ii.237; 403; iii.121f.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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