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Abhaya6

Person

판두바수데바의 장남이자 스리랑카 왕으로, 찬탈자 판두카바야에 의해 형제들 중 유일하게 목숨을 건졌으며 초대 도시 수호관이 되었다

King of Sri Lanka (414-394 B.C.). He was the eldest son of Paṇḍuvāsudeva and reigned in Upatissagāma. Later, when the usurper Paṇḍukābhaya came to the throne, he killed all his other nine uncles, sparing only Abhaya, because the latter had befriended both him and his mother, Ummāda-Cittā. (It was he who prevented Cittā from being killed at birth, Mhv.ix.3). Abhaya was made Guardian of the City (Nagaraguttika), administering the government by night; he was the first holder of that office. Mhv.ix.3, 9; x.52, 80, 105.

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