Pasenadi | |
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Raja | |
King of Kosala | |
Reign | 534 BCE |
Predecessor | Sanjaya Mahākosala |
Successor | Viḍūḍabha |
Queen | Mallika of Kosala |
Issue | Jeta, Virudhaka, Princess Vajira |
Dynasty | Ikshvaku |
Father | Sanjaya Mahākosala |
Pasenadi or Prasenajit (Pali: पसेनदि, romanized: Pasenadi; Sanskrit: प्रसेनजित्, romanized: Prasenajit;) was a 6th century BCE Aikṣvāka ruler of Kosala, where Shravasti was his capital. He succeeded after Sanjaya Mahākosala.[2] As a king, he was a prominent Upāsaka or lay follower of Gautama Buddha, and built many Buddhist monasteries for the Buddha.