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King of Kāsī.
He tortured the ascetic Khantivādī
who was the Bodhisatta.
He was therefore swallowed up in Avīci.
He was a previous incarnation of Devadatta.
The story is given in the Khantivādī
Jātaka (J.iii.39ff; he is often referred to, e.g., J. v.135,143ff).

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