1. Bimbisara frequently visited Samavasarana of Lord Mahavira seeking answers to his queries.
13 Facts About Bimbisara
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Bimbisara was succeeded on the throne by his son Ajatashatru.
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Bimbisara ascended to throne at the age of 15 in 543 BCE.
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Bimbisara established the Haryanka dynasty and laid the foundations of Magadha with the fortification of a village, which later became the city of Pataliputra.
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Bimbisara led a military campaign against Anga, perhaps to avenge his father's earlier defeat at the hands of its king, Brahmadatta.
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Bimbisara's court is said to have included Sona Kolivisa, Sumana, Koliya, Kumbhaghosaka and Jivaka.
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Bimbisara's second wife, Chellana, was a Licchavi princess from Vaishali and daughter of the Jain king Chetaka.
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Bimbisara's third wife, Kshema, was a daughter of the chief of the Madra clan of Punjab.
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Bimbisara is referred to as Shrenika of Rajgir in Jain literature who became a devotee of Jainism impressed by the calmness of Jain Muni Yamadhar.
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Bimbisara frequently visited Samavasarana of Mahavira seeking answers to his queries.
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Bimbisara is said to be a Balabhadra in one of his previous lives.
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Per Jain Scripture, Bimbisara killed himself in a fit of passion, after his son had imprisoned him.
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Bimbisara is recorded to have attained sotapannahood, a degree of enlightenment in Buddhist teachings.