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Abhaya6

Person

斯里兰卡国王 Paṇḍuvāsudeva 的长子,在篡位者 Paṇḍukābhaya 诛杀诸叔父时唯独他获得赦免,后成为首任的都城守护官。

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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