Ajātaśatru (English spelling)

Japanese: アジャータシャトル（英語表記）Ajātaśatru

King of Magadha in central India at the time of the rise of Buddhism (reigned from about 491 BC to about 459 BC, although there are other theories). Also written as King Ajatashatru. His father was King Bimbisara and his mother Vaidehi. According to legend, his father had no children, so he consulted a fortune teller, who answered that a sage would be reborn as the king's son after his death. Impatient, the king sought out the sage and killed him. Thus was born Ajatashatru. As the son grew older, he was persuaded by Devadatta, who had rebelled against the Buddha, to imprison his father, starve him to death, and ascend to the throne. During his reign, he annexed the surrounding enemy countries and made Magadha into a great power, but he regretted his actions against his father and eventually became a follower of Buddhism. After the Buddha's death, he provided all the materials necessary for Mahakasyapa to collect the first Buddhist scriptures at the Ten Caves, and also gave various forms of protection to Jainism.

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Japanese:

仏教興起時における中インド，マガダ国の王 (在位前 491頃～前 459頃，異説もある) 。阿闍世 (あじゃせ) 王とも書く。父はビンビサーラ王，母はバイデヒー。伝説によると，父王に子供がなかったので占い師に問うと，1人の仙人が死後王の太子として再生すると答えたので，王は待ちきれずその仙人を捜して殺害した。かくして生まれたのがアジャータシャトル (未生怨) であるという。この太子は長じるに及び，ブッダにそむいたデーバダッタ (提婆達多) にそそのかされ，父王を獄中に幽閉して餓死させて王位についた。在位期間中，周辺の敵国を併合してマガダ国を一大強国としたが，父王に対する自分の行為を悔い，ついに仏教の帰依者となった。ブッダの入滅後，マハーカーシャパ (摩訶迦葉) が十葉窟で仏典の第1回結集をした際に必要な資材の一切を供与し，またジャイナ教にも種々の保護を与えた。

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