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Magadha at AllExperts (1462 words) |
 | The core of the kingdom was that portion of Bihar lying south of the Ganges, with its capital at Rajagriha (modern Rajgir). |
| Bimbisara was friendly to both Jainism and Buddhism and suspended tolls at the river ferries for all ascetics after the Buddha was once stopped at the Ganges River for lack of money. |
| After the death of Bimbisara at the hands of his son, Ajatashatru, the widowed princess of Kosala also died of grief, causing King Prasenajit to revoke the gift of Kashi and triggering a war between Kosala and Magadha. |
| The Fruits of True Monkhood | Chapter 2 (2136 words) |
| However, because Bimbisara had already attained the level of Sodapanna in his meditation, he was able to survive the smoke and starvation inflicted on him, by walking meditation keeping his mind full of the bliss of his meditation. |
| Hearing that Bimbisara was not yet dead, Ajatasattu had his barber slice the soles of Bimbisara's feet with a razor and had salted butter rubbed into the wounds. |
| Bimbisara's queen, the Kosala Devi was so filled with grief by the news of Bimbisara's death that she could not bear to set eyes on Ajatasattu ever again. |
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