King of Kāsī.

He tortured the ascetic Khantivādī who was the Bodhisatta.

He was therefore swallowed up in Avīci.

He was a previous incarnation of Devadatta.

The story is given in the Khantivādī Jātaka (J.iii.39ff; he is often referred to, e.g., J.v.135,143ff).


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