Muṇḍa
PersonMột vị vua Magadha, chắt của Ajātasattu, giết chính cha mình để đoạt ngôi và sau này bị chính con trai mình giết chết; đau buồn tột cùng trước cái chết của hoàng hậu Bhaddā, ông cho ướp xác bà cho đến khi trưởng lão Nārada an ủi ông.
A king of Magadha, great grandson of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. He slew his father and came to the throne, but, in turn, he was slain by his son Nāgadāsaka (Mhv.iv.2 ff; DA.i.153; Dvy.369).
It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttaranikāya (A.iii.57 ff). His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave himself up to complete despair and mummified the queen’s body. The king’s Treasurer, Piyaka, consulted the elder Nārada who lived at Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta and persuaded him to visit the king. Nārada taught him, and his sorrow vanished.
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