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'''Bimbisara''' (Skt. ''Bimbisāra''; Tib. གཟུགས་ཅན་སྙིང་པོ་,[[Wyl.]] ''gzugs can snying po'') was the king of [[Magadha]] and chief royal patron of the [[Buddha Shakyamuni|Buddha]] during his lifetime, who reigned from his capital city of [[Rajagriha]]. Bimbisara met a tragic death at the hands of his son [[Ajatashatru]] who was persuaded to murder his father by [[Devadatta]], the Buddha’s evil cousin.
'''Bimbisara''' (Skt. ''Bimbisāra''; Tib. གཟུགས་ཅན་སྙིང་པོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''gzugs can snying po'') was the king of [[Magadha]] and chief royal patron of the [[Buddha Shakyamuni|Buddha]] during his lifetime, who reigned from his capital city of [[Rajagriha]]. Bimbisara met a tragic death at the hands of his son [[Ajatashatru]] who was persuaded to murder his father by [[Devadatta]], the Buddha’s evil cousin.


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[[Category: Historical Figures]]
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[[Category: Kings]]
[[Category: Buddha's Contemporaries]]
[[Category: Buddha's Contemporaries]]

Revision as of 13:40, 20 November 2020

Bimbisara (Skt. Bimbisāra; Tib. གཟུགས་ཅན་སྙིང་པོ་, Wyl. gzugs can snying po) was the king of Magadha and chief royal patron of the Buddha during his lifetime, who reigned from his capital city of Rajagriha. Bimbisara met a tragic death at the hands of his son Ajatashatru who was persuaded to murder his father by Devadatta, the Buddha’s evil cousin.