독이 든 음식으로부터 태아를 구하고자 임신한 어머니가 살해된 뒤, 갓 도살된 염소들의 자궁 속에 이레 동안 옮겨 담겨 태어나 몸에 반점이 남게 된, 찬다굿타의 아들이자 아쇼카의 아버지인 마가다의 왕.

A king of Magadha, son of Candagutta and father of Asoka, whose birth—after his pregnant mother was killed to save him from poisoned food—involved being carried for seven days in the wombs of freshly slaughtered goats, leaving his body famously spotted.