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'''Udayana''' was a king of [[Vatsa]] in India, a contemporary of [[Gautama Buddha]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Niti Adaval mentions about Udayana and his love for music, art and fondness of women.{{sfn|Cort|2010|p=192}} Due to a ''dohada'' ("pregnancy craving"), Mṛgāvatī, pregnant with Udayana, is either covered or immersed in red. A monstrous bird mistakes her for raw meat and carries her away, later dropping her. She is cared for in a hermitage, where she raises her son.<ref>Vijayalakshmy 1981, pp 58-60.</ref> Udayana obtains a wonderful lute, elephant taming skills, and confidants; he and his mother eventually return to their home, [[Kosambi|Kauśāmbī]].<ref>Vijayalakshmy 1981, pp 60-62.</ref><br />
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Udayana is later captured by [[Pradyota]], the King of Ujjayinī. Here, he teaches the lute to Pradyota's daughter, Vāsavadattā, and they fall in love.<ref>Vijayalakshmy 1981, pp 60-62.</ref> Eventually they escape to Kauśāmbī, where Udayana's rightful kingship is restored, and they are married.<ref>Vijayalakshmy 1981, pp 78-81.</ref> But fearing Udayana is getting soft, and desiring an additional political alliance, Udayana's ministers make him believe that Vāsavadattā is dead, and effect his marriage to Ratnavali.<ref>Ratnavali written by Harsha.</ref><br />
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Though he is later reunited with Vāsavadattā, Udayana remains childless. Later, as a boon of [[Kubera]], Vāsavadattā becomes pregnant with Naravāhanadatta (his name means "given by Kubera"<ref>Penzer 1924, Vol IX p 119.</ref>), who is fated to become the emperor of the Vidyādharas.{{cn|date=November 2016}}<br />
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Udayana, the son of {{IAST|Śatānīka}} II by the Videha princess succeeded him. Udayana, the romantic hero of the {{IAST|Svapnavāsavadattā}}, the {{IAST|[[Pratijnayaugandharayana|Pratijñā-Yaugandharāyaṇa]]}} and many other legends was a contemporary of Buddha and of Pradyota, the king of Avanti.<ref name=rh>{{cite book |last=Raychaudhuri |first=Hemchandra |year=1972 |title=Political History of Ancient India |publisher=University of Calcutta |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>{{rp| p.119}} The {{IAST|Kathāsaritsāgara}} contains a long account of his conquests. The {{IAST |Priyadarśikā}} narrates the event of his victory over the ruler of {{IAST|Kaliṅga}} and restoration of {{IAST|Dṛḍhavarman}} to the throne of {{IAST|Aṅga}}. The commentary on the Dhammapada describes the story of his marriage with {{IAST|Vāsavadattā}} or {{IAST|Vāsuladattā}}, the daughter of Pradyota, the king of Avanti. It also mentions about his two other consorts, {{IAST|Māgandiyā}}, daughter of a Kuru Brahmin and {{IAST|Sāmāvatī}}, the adopted daughter of the treasurer Ghosaka. The {{IAST|Milindapañho}} refers to a peasant girl {{IAST|Gopāla-mātā}} who became his wife. The {{IAST|Svapnavāsavadattā}} of {{IAST|Bhāsa}} mentions about another queen named {{IAST|Padmāvatī}}, a sister of king {{IAST |Darśaka}} of Magadha. The {{IAST |Priyadarśikā}} tells us about the marriage of Udayana with {{IAST|Āraṇyakā}}, the daughter of {{IAST|Dṛḍhavarman}}, the king of {{IAST|Aṅga}}. The {{IAST|Ratnāvalī}} narrates a story of romance between him and {{IAST|Sāgarikā}}, an attendant of his chief queen, {{IAST|Vāsavadattā}}. The name of his son by his chief queen is Bodhi.<ref name=rh/>{{rp| pp.179–80}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{citation |last=Cort |first=John E. |authorlink=John E. Cort |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDBpq23-0QoC |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=2010 |orig-year=1953 |isbn=978-0-19-538502-1 }}<br />
* {{citation<br />
| title=A Study of the Peruṅkatai: an authentic version of the story of Udayana<br />
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| last=Vijayalakshmy<br />
| date=1981<br />
| publisher=International Institute of Tamil Studies<br />
| location=Madras<br />
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