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Dhanañjaya4

Person

කුරු රට ඉන්දපත්තෙහි තවත් කෝරව්‍ය රජෙකි; ඔහුගේ ඇමති විධුරපණ්ඩිත වූ අතර, විධුරපණ්ඩිත ජාතකයේ දැක්වෙන පරිදි දාදු ක්‍රීඩාවකින් පුණ්ණකට ඔහුව අහිමි විය; මොහුද ආනන්ද හිමිගේ පෙර ආත්මභාවයක් ලෙස හඳුනාගෙන ඇත.

Also called Koravya, king of the Kurus, with his capital at Indapatta. His minister was Vidhurapaṇḍita. He was fond of games of dice and was defeated by Puṇṇaka. For his story see the Vidhurapaṇḍita Jātaka (J.vi.255 ff; SNA.i.223). He is identified with Ānanda. He is probably also the king mentioned in the Dhūmakāri Jātaka. J.iii.400 ff.

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