中印度憍薩羅國引正王(娑多婆漢那Sātyavāhana')之子也。王深歸依龍樹菩薩,依龍樹之妙術,年貌不衰,太子患不能嗣王位。因思父王之長命依於龍樹之福力,乃請龍樹使自殺。父王聞龍樹死,即命終。太子遂即王位。見西域記十。
Sātavāhana, 沙多婆漢那 a prince of Kosala, whose father the king was the patron of Nāgārjuna; the prince, attributing his father's unduly prolonged life to Nāgārjuna's magic, is said to have compelled the latter to commit suicide, on hearing of which the king died and the prince ascended the throne. 西域記 10.
一引正太子 引正王之子。引正王,梵名 Sātavāhana,音譯娑多婆訶,係古代中印度憍薩羅國之主,歸依龍樹,從習藥術,得年貌不衰之妙術。太子欲早登大位,私忖父王之長命乃依龍樹之福力而得,遂乞龍樹自裁。龍樹既死,王亦命終,太子遂即王位。〔大唐西域記卷十〕p1814