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Añjanavasabha

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The state elephant of King Dhanañjaya of the Kurus, believed capable of bringing rain, though it failed to end a drought when borrowed by the brahmins of Dantapura.

The state elephant of Dhanañjaya, king of the Kurus.

It was credited with the power of bringing rain; the brahmins of Dantapura in Kaliṅga, therefore, begged for it during a severe drought.

However, the elephant was of no avail, the rain did not come, and so it was returned to Dhanañjaya. J.ii.368 f; DhA.iv.88 f.

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