Princess Vajira

Vajira
Princess of Kosala
Queen Consort of Magadha
Reignc. 492 – c. 460 BCE
PredecessorKosala Devi
SuccessorUnknown
SpouseAjatashatru
IssueUdayibhadra[1]
DynastyHariyanka (by marriage)
Ikshvaku (by birth)
FatherPasenadi
ReligionJainism

Vajira (also called Vajirakumari) was queen consort of Magadha as the principal consort of King Ajatashatru.[2] She was the mother of her husband's successor, King Udayibhadra.[3]

Vajira was born a princess of the Kingdom of Kosala and was the daughter of King Pasenadi and Queen Mallika. She was also the niece of her mother-in-law, Queen Kosala Devi,[4] the first wife and chief consort of King Bimbisara and the sister of King Pasenadi.

  1. ^ Buddhist Council of Ceylon, Ceylon. Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka. Bauddha Kaṭayutu Depārtamēntuva (1963). Encyclopaedia of Jainism. Govt. of Ceylon. p. 316.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (1999). Ancient Indian history and civilization (Second ed.). New Delhi: New Age International. p. 113. ISBN 9788122411980.
  3. ^ Mukherjee, Hemchandra Raychaudhuri. With a commentary by B. N. (2005). Political History of Ancient India : From the accession of Parikshit to the extinction of the Gupta dynasty (6. impression. ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780195643763.
  4. ^ Jayapalan, N. (2001). History of India. New Delhi: Atlantic. p. 52. ISBN 9788171569281.