Pāli Dictionary

bimbisāra

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Bimbisāra; king of Magadha and a prominent patron of the Buddha

  • MN 13

    na kho, āvuso gotama, sukhena sukhaṃ adhigantabbaṃ, dukkhena kho sukhaṃ adhigantabbaṃ. sukhena c'āvuso gotama, sukhaṃ adhigantabbaṃ abhavissa, rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro sukhaṃ adhigaccheyya, rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro sukhavihāritaro āyasmatā gotamenā'ti.

Encyclopedia

Bimbisāra
Person

  • King of Magadha who ascended the throne at fifteen and reigned in Rājagaha for fifty-two years, becoming one of the Buddha’s foremost royal patrons after their meeting near the Paṇḍava hill following the Buddha’s renunciation.

MN 14MN 86Snp 3.1Ud 2.2Thag 9.1

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