Muṇḍa
PersonUn roi de Magadha, arrière-petit-fils d’Ajātasattu, qui tua son propre père pour accéder au trône et fut plus tard tué par son fils ; accablé de chagrin à la mort de sa reine Bhaddā, il fit embaumer son corps jusqu’à ce que le thera Nārada le console.
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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